State's economic condition dismal: Gogoi

GUWAHATI, MAY 19. Mr. Tarun Gogoi, who took over the reins of Assam on Friday, today said the congress government under him had assumed office at a time when ``the state's economic condition was dismal and bogged down by insurgency''.

``No Chief Minister of the State has taken over power under such trying times'', he told party workers at a felicitation at the party headquarters `Rajiv Bhavan' here.

Thanking his party workers, particularly those at the Grassroot level, for bringing Congress back to power, he asked them to work to the best of their ability and responsibly for the welfare of the state and its people.

Mr.Gogoi attributed the overwhelming victory of Congress to the steady service of the party workers for the last five years which helped it to win 70 of the 125 assembly seats for which the polls were held.

Referring to the AGP-BJP alliance, Mr. Gogoi said, ``they thought our votes could be split and take them away, but they could not do so''. ``The AGP also tried to make alliance with the ABSU, BLT, but even then we won'', he asserted.

- PTI

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