The ruling Congress has decided to use all its resources to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s November 22 visit to Aizawl to campaign for the November 28 Mizoram Assembly polls.

The Prime Minister will address a poll rally at Assam Rifles ground here, BJP office-bearers said.

While Modi was granted the Assam Rifles ground for the rally, the Congress president was allegedly denied the same ground because of the Union home ministry’s intervention, the Congress said.

Congress spokesperson Lallianchhunga said the party would use all its resources to oppose the visit after party president Rahul Gandhi was denied the ground. He said the state Congress on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission complaining about the discriminative policy of 23 sector Assam Rifles in allotment of their ground. He claimed the Congress had applied for the ground before the BJP.

“The preferential allotment of the Assam Rifles ground to the BJP and denial to the Congress is both unfair and undemocratic. It clearly violates the model code of conduct issued by the Election Commission. The Congress, therefore, demands the permission given to the BJP to use the ground be immediately cancelled,” Congress said, in its letter to the commission.

It also warned that the party would resort to agitation to stop the proposed rally by the Prime Minister if permission is not cancelled.

BJP rule unsafe: The Congress on Monday also levelled other charges against the BJP saying its rule is unsafe for Christian- dominated Mizoram.

Lallianchhunga said the BJP is trying to rule Mizoram like it had done in Nagaland and Meghalaya by putting the regional parties and Northeast Democratic Alliance members in front.

He accused the BJP of trying to rule Mizoram through backdoor by using Neda members like Mizo National Front (MNF) and National People’s Party (NPP).

“The reason why NPP was launched in Mizoram just two months ahead of Assembly polls was because the BJP wanted to use it as its frontal force,” he alleged.