Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is engaged in a war of words with Rahul Gandhi over the last…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is engaged in a war of words with Rahul Gandhi over the last few days, Thursday accused the Congress party of moving towards soft naxalism.
Addressing a press conference, CM Sarma said that he was himself in the Congress for 22 years and the party’s slogans used to be soft, which is not the case today.
“The essence of the Congress Party, originally envisioned by Pujya Bapu, has been lost under the influence of its current urban naxal-dominated leadership,” the Assam CM said.
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His remarks came a day after he declared Rahul Gandhi will be arrested in connection with the Guwahati “violence” during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra earlier this week.
The Assam CM said that a special investigation team (SIT) will be formed to investigate the case registered against the Gandhi scion over Tuesday’s violence during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Guwahati.
“The SIT shall investigate the case and we shall arrest him after the Lok Sabha elections are over. If we take action now, they will call it as political move,” he said. “We have proof. Yesterday a major incident could have happened in Guwahati, the way he provoked people,” Sarma said.
On Tuesday, an FIR was registered against Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Kanhaiya Kumar and other Congress leaders for the “violence” during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in near Guwahati.
Reacting to the registration of police case against him, Rahul Gandhi said that he is not scared of anyone and reiterated his “most corrupt chief minister” jibe.
“The most corrupt Chief Minister of the country is in Assam. They work to spread hatred 24 hours a day. Chief Minister of Assam says- People of backward and Dalit class are born to serve the people of general class. They make one religion fight against another and then by diverting the public’s attention they snatch away all your money from you,” he said while addressing a gathering.
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