Guwahati : Senior Assam Congress leader Debabrata Saikia has filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged “hateful statement” such as Lok Sabha MP and former party president Sonia Gandhi’s residence should be burnt.
Sarma made the alleged statement during a rally in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on September 18.
“While taunting Kamal Nath, a prominent member of the Indian National Congress, about his Hindu identity, Sarma has directly suggested that 10, Janpath should be burnt,” Saikia, the leader of the opposition in the Assam Assembly, said in his complaint.
The address 10, Janpath is Sonia Gandhi’s residence.
“In a country governed by the rule of law, Sarma has taken electoral rhetoric to its ugliest form” and gave a “clear instigation towards violence and arson”, Saikia said.
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