No internet in Assam for people to read your messasge: Congress on Modi’s tweet

The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his assurance to the people of Assam on Twitter after the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, saying the people in the state cannot read his “reassuring” message as the internet there has been cut-off.

PM Modi, In a series of tweets in both Assamese and English, said he personally and the central government are “totally committed to constitutionally safeguard the political, linguistic, cultural and land rights of the Assamese people as per the spirit of Clause 6.”

The Clause 6 of the Assam Accord guaranteed safeguarding local rights, language and culture.