New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Assam, Congress on Monday levelled serious allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma regarding his associates and family members buying tea gardens. He alleged that tea garden owners are also being threatened.

Speaking in a press conference, Assam Congress incharge Jitendra Singh Alwar alleged that owners of big tea plantations have already left the state. CM Sarma intends to end tea plantations and commercialise them, he added.

"Tea garden owners in Assam are being threatened. Chief Minister's associates and his family members are buying tea gardens. Owners of big companies running tea plantations left Assam. Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to end the...