𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬’ 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 | September 8, 1980 The Indira Gandhi-led Congress regime’s duplicity sabotaged the Assam peace process. As Assam grappled with the issue of illegal immigration, the Centre used backdoor emissaries and press statements to create the impression that regional leaders had agreed to talks, even as AASU and AGSP denied receiving formal invitations. The calculated PR exercise painted Assam’s student leaders as intransigent while masking Congress’s own administrative paralysis. 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐦. 𝐀 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬.