Guwahati, Aug. 29 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking at the birth centenary celebrations of former Assam Chief Minister Golap Borbora on Friday, strongly criticized Indira Gandhi's leadership, alleging that it sidelined non-Congress leaders like Borbora, a freedom fighter and Assam's first non-Congress Chief Minister.

Addressing a state-level event at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Shah praised Borbora's integrity, socialist ideals, and reformist zeal, highlighting how his tenure from March 1978 to September 1979 reshaped Assam's governance.

Shah noted that Borbora upheld democratic values and social justice despite resistance from the Congress-dominated political landscape.

Shah accused the Congress under Indira Gandhi of mar...