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Gogoi takes on Modi on land deal

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has come down heavily on prime minister Narendra Modi a day after the union cabinet dropped Assam from the purview of the land swap deal with Bangladesh. 

Addressing a press conference in Dispur, Gogoi said the decision would harm the state. 

"Now we can't complete the border fencing smoothly only of centre"s political decision," said the chief minister.

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