Will hike Assam tea workers’ wages: Rahul Gandhi
The Hindu
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday promised to more than double the daily wage of tea plantation workers if his party came to power in Assam.
He also took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to divide Assam so that “business tycoons from Gujarat” take the State’s wealth away.
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