Not Promises But Guarantees: Priyanka Gandhi Begins Assam Campaign

Priyanka Gandhi tweeted that she will not forget the love she received from the workers at the estate.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday, 2 March addressed a mega rally in Assam's Tezpur, and announced a list of five policies, which she said were not “promises but guarantees".

Calling the upcoming election an “election of trust”, Vadra mentioned a law nullifying the Citizenship Amendment Act, five lakh government jobs as well as a raise in daily wages of tea garden workers to Rs 365 per day. She also said there would be free electricity up to 200 units per household and Rs 2,000 monthly income support to all housewives in her list of policies.

Talking about the promise of five lakh jobs, she stressed that the party has “studied the state budget” and “consulted economists.”