Assam polls: Plight of tea garden workers continues despite promises

When in tea gardens, talk about selling tea.

On March 25, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Assam’s Tinsukia he did just that. Directed at the people living in the tea belt of upper Assam, his speech included a familiar tale of a chaiwallah.

“When I was a tea-seller, it was Assam tea I sold which refreshed people. I owe a debt to Assam for that,” Modi had said.

But the PM refrained from mentioning the plight of the Assam’s tea garden workers, the work force behind his favourite tea…

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