Guwahati, Nov 20 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday alleged that during Congress rule, education in the tea gardens was confined only to the primary level.

The Congress could not even think of establishing high schools or higher secondary schools in the tea garden areas, he alleged.

''I am not saying that they did not begin the process of setting up educational institutions...they definitely started it, but even after 75 years of independence, the Congress governments only established lower primary schools in these areas'', the chief minister said while distributing appointment letters to 377 new recruits from the tea tribe and Adivasi communities.

''When we conducted a survey, we found that if high and higher secondary schools were not established, the number of

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