New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday lambasted Rahul Gandhi & Congress over latter’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and series of controversies arising out it, while it traverses through the North-Eastern state.
The Chief Minister, addressing the press, came down hard on the grand old party and leveled many charges including hatching of conspiracy and instigation of communal violence in the state.
Himanta Sarma also posed a question about Rahul Gandhi, which left everyone puzzled & perplexed.
“Is Rahul Gandhi using body double in party’s nyay yatra,” CM Sarma asked citing a news report by a local publication.
#WATCH | Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma quotes a media report alleging that a body double of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was used on the bus being used for Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. pic.twitter.com/CL2ltfWudx
— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2024
He claimed, citing a report, that Congress leader prefers to sit inside the comforts of bus while his ‘body double’ stands outside for greeting & waving the public.
He further claimed that his ‘Congress friends’ confided in him that the bus had ample space & room for hosting 7-8 people and Rahul spends most of his time there.
Himanta Biswa Sarma also lashed out at the Congress over its ‘soft’ approach shifting to left-liberal. He claimed that the party has ‘jettisoned’ Gandhian principles and adopted Left-wing approach, thus leading to its downfall.
He also dubbed the party as ‘soft naxalite’.
#WATCH | Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says, “Congress politics has become ‘Soft Naxalite’. Their slogans don’t reflect Gandhian principles anymore. I too was in Congress for 22 years. But it never had such slogans earlier. Congress had a soft slogan. I see that they have killed… pic.twitter.com/Yx6PLfneFP
— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2024
Himanta derides Congress in tweet
Notably, Assam leg of Congress’ Nyay Yatra has seen heated exchanges, also physical fracas at some instances, between party workers & state administration. The war of words between Assam CM and Rahul Gandhi grabbed headlines.
A FIR has also been lodged against Rahul Gandhi in the state and Chief Minister warned him of arrest for igniting disorder during the yatra.
Congress leader Priyank Kharge today dared the Assam CM to arrest Rahul Gandhi if he had broken the law and also shared a newspaper report which claimed that Assam CM was ‘remote-controlled by the Centre’.
We need Rahul Gandhi during election Brother https://t.co/00S3zGSFSk
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 25, 2024
In a quick rejoinder, the Assam CM chose not to take umbrage but rather replied in jest, ‘We need Rahul during elections brother.’
