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NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
on Tuesday reacted strongly to
Congress
protests on the outskirts of Guwahati city calling it “naxalite tactics” and said he has instructed the director general of police (DGP) to register case against
Rahul Gandhi
for provoking crowd.
Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi, who is in Assam with his "
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
", was stopped from entering Guwahati triggering protests from Congress workers who broke barricades and raised slogans. Rahul later addressed party supporters on the outskirts of the city and said, "We have broken barricades, but will not break the law."
Himanta Biswa Sarma slammed Rahul and posted on X: "These are not part of Assamese culture. We are a peaceful state. Such are completely alien to our culture. I have instructed @DGPAssamPolice to register a case against your leader @RahulGandhi for provoking the crowd & use the footage you have posted on your handles as the evidence. Your unruly behaviour and violation of agreed guidelines have resulted in a massive traffic jam in Guwahati now."
Sarma, who is a former Congress leader, said the footage posted by Youth Congress president B V Srinivas on his social media handles will be used as evidence.
Rahul Gandhi and Himanta Biswa Sarma have been engaged in a fierce war of words ever since the Congress leader's Nyay Yatra has entered the state. On Monday, the
Assam chief minister
referred to Rahul Gandhi as Ravan and refused to respond to his attacks. During his rallies, Rahul has been calling Himanta Biswa Sarma the most corrupt chief minister in the country. Rahul has also accused the Assam chief minister of taking instructions from Delhi and carrying them out with a salute to please Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress seeks judicial inquiry into attacks during yatra
The leader of opposition in Assam legislative assembly Debabrata Saikia has urged governor Gulab Chand Kataria to order a judicial probe on the physical assault on state Congress president Bhupen Bora and unruly behaviour of alleged BJP cadres during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
Saikia, in a memorandum to the Governor, alleged that the present state government under Himanta Biswa Sarma is creating 'serious administrative blockade and also resorted to unleashing unruly lumpens to sabotage the peaceful Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra by brute of physical force and criminal attack against our senior leaders."
During the yatra on Sunday, the vehicle carrying senior AICC leader Jairam Ramesh was forcefully stopped by supporters of the ruling BJP and they verbally abused him and tore the stickers on his car, he said.
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