Guwahati: The Assam Congress would be 'very happy' if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh contests from Assam for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, State Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi said on Saturday.
"We have not been informed yet if the Prime Minister would be contesting from Assam, but we will be very happy if he decides or expresses his willing to do so," Bordoloi told reporters.
"Dr Singh represents Assam in the Upper House of Parliament. It is because of his goodwill towards Assam that we have been able to achieve so much development here," he said.
The Congress would fight the Lok Sabha polls in the state on the slogan of 'development', Bordoloi added.
Key issues on which the Congress will reach out to the voters would be communal amity and social justice, besides prevention of infiltration by foreigners, long term measures to arrest floods and erosion and creating income and employment opportunities.
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