Source – northeasttoday.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi on Friday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a \u201cliar\u201d for saying that there is no detention camp in the country and claimed that the BJP-led government at the Centre had sanctioned \u20b946 crore for one in Assam\u2019s Goalpara district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Gauhati HC order<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Gogoi said his government in Assam had set up detention camps in the State as per a Gauhati High Court order. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had suggested such camps for illegal immigrants, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMr. Modi is a liar,\u201d Mr. Gogoi said at a press conference here referring to a rally by the Prime Minister in the national capital in which he had said that there is no detention camp in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn 2018, the Narendra Modi government had sanctioned \u20b946 crore for the largest detention centre at Matia in Goalpara district of Assam for housing 3,000 illegal immigrants. Suddenly he says there is no detention camp,\u201d Mr. Gogoi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy did the BJP government in 2018 sanction \u20b946 crore? This shows Mr. Modi is a liar,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the Congress government which he helmed in the State had set up detention camps in Assam as per the directions of the Gauhati High Court in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Gogoi had led three consecutive governments in the State from 2001 to 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey (BJP) say these (detention) camps were set up by the Congress. We set them up as per the order of the High Court to detain people who were declared \u2018foreigners\u2019 by the Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n