Addressing a well-attended public meeting, Gandhi said that Assam is a fit case for imposition of President's rule as law and order in the state is steadily deteriorating.

"The AGP government is irresponsible and its efforts to tackle the law and order situation here are very poor," she said in her brief speech lasting barely 10 minutes.

Gandhi also criticised the AGP government for allegedly neglecting the developmental and poverty alleviation schemes much to the disadvantage of the masses.

Gandhi promised that if voted to power the Congress would implement in full the 1981 Assam accord which was the legacy of her late husband Rajiv Gandhi. She also accused the AGP government in the state of not holding panchayat elections and blamed it for the economic condition of the state.

"The fiscalcondition of the state was very bad as salary of teachers and government employees were not paid for months," Sonia said.

She pointed out that the Congress was opposed to repeal of the illegal migrants determination by Tribunal Act.

Gandhi also promised that the Congress will provide one crore jobs annually to the unemployed in the country and a five-year package for poverty alleviation will also be introduced.

The Congress president, who arrived here more than three hours late, was accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi. They waved enthusiastically to the crowd who inspite of the delay waited patiently for them.

The Congress president on a day's tour to the state was here to campaign for the party candidate and former Union minister Santosh Mohan Dev.

She was also scheduled to address a meeting at Lakhimpur where the state youth Congress president and sitting MP Ranee Narah is contesting, but it was later cancelled.