Assam: Rahul Gandhi to interact with Indian Oil refinery employees today

GUWAHATI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is in Assam campaign for his Congress party for the Assam Assembly election will interact with employees at the IOC Refinery in Tinsukia district of Assam today evening.

The leader, who is in Assam for two days, will also hold two public meetings in Jorhat and Gohpur.

Gandhi is scheduled to address the first meeting in Jorhat around 1 pm and after that, he will travel to Gohpur and hold a meeting around 2.30 pm.

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He will also release the party's manifesto for poll-bound Assam today around 4.45 pm at Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) office in Guwahati.

Yesterday, Gandhi interacted with hundreds of students in the state and he told Madhurjya Sonowal of Dhemaji College that "hatred and unemployment" have a direct relationship and the hatred the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been brewing among communities was directly related to the growing unemployment in the country.

He also reiterated the issues of tea labourers, privatisation of airports and other state assets, among other issues.

The Assam assembly election for total of 126 seats is scheduled to be held on March 27, April 1, and 6. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.