A day after he was booked by the Assam Police for allegedly upsetting the gang throughout his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dared the Himanta Biswa Sarma authorities to file “as many instances as it will probably”.
Addressing his first public assembly on the seventh day of Yatra in Barpeta district, the Congress chief once more criticised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and termed him the “most corrupt CM” of the nation with a sequence of allegations associated to land and areca nut.
“I do not understand how Himanta Biswa Sarma received the concept that he can intimidate me by submitting instances. File as many instances as you’ll be able to. File 25 extra instances, I’m not going to be intimidated. BJP-RSS cannot intimidate me,” Rahul Gandhi stated.
The Assam Police on Wednesday booked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and Kanhaiya Kumar over expenses of violence, provocation, harm to public property and assault on police personnel.
This was after the showdown between the BJP-led Assam authorities and Rahul Gandhi intensified on Tuesday. The Congress employees had been stopped from getting into Guwahati metropolis, leading to clashes between the cadre and police
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the state director basic of police (DGP) to register a case in opposition to the Congress MP for allegedly ‘upsetting crowd’. “Naxalite techniques” had been alien to Assam’s tradition,” the chief minister had stated in a publish on social platform X.
On Wednesday, throughout his Yatra, Gandhi alleged {that a} sequence of corruption is happening in Assam and termed Sarma because the “most corrupt CM” within the nation.
“Whereas he (Sarma) speaks to you, he steals your land. Whilst you chew betel nut, he corners the supari enterprise. He steals cash out of your pocket. He has taken land in Kaziranga Nationwide Park additionally”, the Congress chief alleged.
Additional referring to the media conglomerate owned by the spouse of Assam Chief Minister, Gandhi alleged that TV media reveals what Sarma desires within the state.
“Sarma is managed by Amit Shah. If anybody says something in opposition to Amit Shah, he’s thrown out by Sarma inside two minutes. Tarun Gogoi was additionally a CM, however he did what Assam wished. Tarun Gogoi was my guru, however I by no means advised him what to do”, he claimed.
In the meantime, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Gandhi “fled” from Guwahati metropolis after instigating Congress employees.
“Fascinating. After instigating Congress employees to orchestrate violence, Rahul Gandhi (who’s on a bus yatra) quietly got here out of his fancy bus and fled the town in a small automotive to Hajo , his subsequent vacation spot. Rahul has set a brand new customary for being a Darpok. Ha ha,” the chief minister wrote on X.