Opposition Congress workers on Monday waved black flags in the convoy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa in the convoy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, as they were opposing the alleged sales of 90 Gir cows, which were purchased by the government, including individuals, including the minister’s wife. Police said four people were detained in connection with the incident.

The Congress party started protests by the state government at all district headquarters against the alleged sales of cows purchased during the 2022-23 financial year for its Garukuti Agricultural Project.

Public Health Engineering Department Minister Jayant Malla Barua recently claimed that 90 of these cows were sold to private individuals as they were “insufficient infrastructure” at home. Subsequently, a list was released which showed that the minister’s wife allegedly bought 20 of these cows.

Apart from protest, the Congress also filed complaints at various police stations, demanding action against the alleged “abuse, deception and corruption” of public property in connection with the purchase of cows for the project.

The Chief Minister, who was on a day visit to Golaghat, later told reporters: “Congress will have to protest. How will they live otherwise? I really appreciate that they came out to protest in this summer. He too will have to answer his leaders, “he said.

Referring to the sales of cows, Sarma said that it is surprising that a party supporting ‘Qurbani’ during Eid is now protesting against cows that were rescued and given shelter. “This is the ‘religion’ of the BJP to protect cows and some of them have done. The Congress has no moral right to oppose it, “he said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the BJP’s development model is the one whose aim is to snatch the right to education from the poor, especially SC, ST and OBC children.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha shared screenshots of some media reports on Facebook.

A media report claimed that the number of government schools has declined by 8 percent, but in the decade of 2014-15 to 2023-24, private schools increased by 14.9 percent, while another claimed that in the nomination of 16.2 lakh students and OBC students in nominations of SC students in 2023-24 compared to the last financial year, another claimed that 5.1 lakhs and OBC students in 2023-24 and in 2023-24. 38.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5. 5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.

In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi alleged that “BJP’s development model is a model to take away the right to education from poor, especially SC, ST and OBC children”.

He said, “More than 5,000 government schools are being closed in Uttar Pradesh. Since 2014, 84,441 government schools have been closed across the country, most of which have been closed in BJP-ruled states-Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Assam.”