Why does Modi need a safe seat to contest, asks Tarun Gogoi

“As Rahul (Gandhi) said, NDA and BJP is good at marketing themselves. But Modi is now getting exposed by everyone.

Mamata (Banerjee), Akhilesh (Yadav) and Aam Aadmi Party are exposing Modi,” he said.

On the foreigners' issue, Gogoi said that the NDA government had decided to close the office of the Commissioner of Border.

“He (Modi) always says that we are not doing anything to evict illegal migrants ... The number of Foreigners Tribunal was 11 in 2003 from 4 in 1998. However, we increased it to 100 in last year from 36 in 2004,” Gogoi said.

Asked about Congress' performance in Assam, Gogoi said, “We are targetting 12 seats, but 10 is sure. Rahul even said if we try hard, we can win all the 14 seats.”

According to the white paper, Assam attracted a whopping Rs 1,90,620.38 crore of central funds during Manmohan Singh-led UPA government since 2004 compared to Rs 32,088.33 crore provided by the previous Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA regime.