In a statement, Rijiju said Rahul's statement was unfortunate and it came because of "his ignorance of the ground reality".
The Union Minister of State for Home claimed every ethnic group and region in Assam was dissatisfied lots and each one was either demanding special Constitutional status or special economic package despite Congress ruling the state for 15 years.
"The level of people's satisfaction in Assam is abysmally low both in terms of human development index as well as socio-economic indicator," he said.
Rijiju, BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh, said Assam and whole of North East is actually gifted with abundant natural resources with potential to be the most prosperous region in India but "due to very long mis-governance" by the Congress it has been relegated into a status of backward region.
At an election rally at Diphu, Rahul asked voters in Assam to reject BJP in the Assembly polls, saying if it came to power, the state will be run from the RSS headquarters in Nagpur or the PMO.
He also warned the people that BJP will only "stoke violence" in the state and end the atmosphere of peace ushered in by Congress.
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