Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday thanked Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma “for giving full publicity” to the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra by way of his statements, tweets and “threats”. “I want to thank him that he made numerous effort to make our Yatra a hit,” the Congress common secretary answerable for communications stated.
“I want to thank the chief minister of Assam; he gave full publicity to Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra with out asking us – in Assam and throughout the nation. His statements, tweets and threats have furthered the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. We aren’t scared; we can’t be scared. We can’t step again,” Ramesh stated.
The Congress chief’s assertion got here a day after CM Sarma directed Assam Police to lodge complaints in opposition to Rahul Gandhi, together with Congress leaders KC Venugopal and Kanhaiya Kumar, for “frightening crowd” after Congress employees clashed with police as they have been stopped from coming into Guwahati on Tuesday.
Excessive-tension drama in Assam over Yatra
Kickstarted on January 14 from Manipur, the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra confronted a number of roadblocks because the marketing campaign entered Assam, to which Jairam Ramesh earlier stated, “Even the primary Bharat Jodo Yatra didn’t face so many difficulties even when passing by way of BJP-ruled states.”
Forward of resuming the Yatra’s eleventh day, Rahul Gandhi renewed his assault on Himanta Sarma and referred to as him the “most corrupt CM within the nation”. “The Chief Minister of Assam (Himanta Biswa Sarma) spreads hate on a regular basis and takes away your (referring to the general public) lands. He’s essentially the most corrupt chief minister,” he stated. That is the second time Gandhi has referred to as Sarma “corrupt” throughout the Yatra.
In a tit-for-tat response, the Assam CM focused the Yatra and referred to as the Congress MP’s household “essentially the most corrupt household within the nation”. “Gandhi household is essentially the most corrupt household within the nation. This isn’t ‘Nyay Yatra, it’s ‘Miya Yatra’. Wherever there are Muslims, they go to these locations,” he had stated earlier.
After clashes and the breaking of barricades close to the Guwahati border as Congress employees have been intercepted to enter town, the Assam Police lodged complaints in opposition to Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and Kanhaiya Kumar.
Himanta Sarma was as soon as near Rahul Gandhi
Himanta Biswa Sarma began his political profession in 2001 with Congress and have become a four-time member of the legislative meeting from the get together. He had additionally been appointed minister in several state ministries for 12 years. In 2014, he resigned from the Assam cupboard after a rift with then-CM Tarun Gogoi. He was believed to be near Rahul Gandhi and was made the get together in cost throughout the 2011 Assam meeting elections.
In response to LiveHindustan, Sarma labored tirelessly throughout the 2011 election marketing campaign, and the get together received 78 out of 126 seats. The consensus was that Sarma would develop into the following CM of the state, however the get together’s resolution was not in his favour.
Sarma left Congress disenchanted
In response to LiveHindustan, Sarma approached Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi over the appointment of the following CM after the 2011 ballot victory, however his makes an attempt failed. In the meantime, fissures between him and Tarun Gogoi have been taking form when the then-CM was making an attempt to sideline Sarma and convey his son Gaurav Gogoi to the forefront. All the episode enraged Sarma, who lastly left the get together in 2015 disenchanted.
Sarma has been launching assaults on Rahul Gandhi after leaving Congress. He had claimed that the Congress MP was not a “severe chief” and revealed that Gandhi used to allegedly exit jogging or into another room in the course of a dialog. He alleged that Rahul Gandhi had “vanity” in him.