Can Rahul Gandhi respond to this? No, how can't he be able to respond to that: Sonowal

Referring to Assam agitation martyrs, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday lambasted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, few hours ahead of his visit to Assam.

"Whowas responsible for the killing of 855 Assam youths during the Assam agitation?"Sonowal asked Gandhi while addressing a public rally at Jagiroad on Friday.

Whythe Congress party allowed lakhs of immigrants from neighbouring countries tocome to Assam only to strengthen their vote banks throughout the state over theyears? Answers of these questions must be given by the Congress party to theindigenous people of Assam," Sonowal said.

 "Can Rahul Gandhi respond to this? No, how can't he be able to respond to that? It's only because of the Congress party that the demographic pattern of Assam has changed due to the unabated influx of the immigrants from the neighbouring country," Sarbananda Sonowal said while addressing a public rally at Jagiroad on Friday.

Congressleader Rahul Gandhi will lead a protest rally against the Citizenship(Amendment) Act in Assam's Guwahati on Saturday. The protest rally will be heldat Khanapara veterinary college playground in Guwahati.