Assam CM slams Rahul Gandhi, calls his protest as " Naxalite Tactics"
A clash broke out in Assam's Guwahati on 23rd January during Congress's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra headed by Rahul Gandhi. Congress workers broke the police barricades, allegedly deviating from the approved route and raised anti BJP slogans which led to a lot of chaos and commotion in the city and during all this Rahul Gandhi could be seen merely standing at the top of a bus and watching all this happen. Rahul Gandhi magnified the issue by taking free publicity in all these protests.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma slams Rahul Gandhi for the protests made by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on the outskirts of Guwahati City and calls it "Naxalite Tactics". He also asked the Director General of police to take action against Rahul Gandhi and register a case for manipulating and provoking the crowd.
CM Himanta Biswa tweets
CM Himanta Biswa also 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 @Rahul Gandhi for provoking the crowd and 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." "With reference to wanton acts of violence, provocation, damage to public property and assault on police personnel today by Congress members, an FIR has been registered against Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Kanhaiya Kumar and other individuals...," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on X on Tuesday.
District Congress Committee President Gundlakunta Sriramulu in return slams the Assam Government for resisting senior leader of Congress party Rahul Gandhi to visit Sri Shankar Dev Satra temple in Haiborgaon, he refers this act as stripping away an individual's right of freedom and indulging in religious practices.
Indian Youth Congress President BV Srinivas shared a video of this on his X handle. The Congress party also staged a protest at the Gandhi statue near ITI circle.
Since Rahul Gandhi has entered Assam he has been referring to Assam's CM Himanta Biswa Sarma as the most corrupt Chief Minister in India who blindly follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi without using his intellect. This broke into a heated debate between the two as Assam's CM compares Rahul Gandhi to Ravana.
Karnataka Congress workers held a massive rally in Bengaluru
After Rahul Gandhi was resisted from entering Guwahati city in Assam during the Manipur to Mumbai, Karnataka Congress workers held a massive rally in Bengaluru. The protesters came out on the streets with fire torches and raised slogans against the Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said such attacks will not stop Rahul Gandhi and his Yatra. He writes, “Himanta's plan to use state resources to arrest them will not deter Shri Rahul Gandhi. The Yatra for justice shall continue.”
Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding the difficulties faced by Rahul Gandhi in Assam
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the alleged security issues faced by party leader Rahul Gandhi during his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in Assam over the past few days. Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday replied to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, as he said, "File as many cases as you can against me, BJP-RSS can't intimidate me."
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra set to enter Bengal
The Congress 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra,' led by Rahul Gandhi, will now head towards West Bengal from Assam on Thursday. After a two-day hiatus on 26-27 January it will cross Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, Uttar Dinajpur, and Darjeeling districts before entering Bihar on 29th January. The Yatra is scheduled to enter West Bengal through Bakshirhat in Cooch Behar district in the northern part of the state on January 25.
Mamta Banerjee to fight the Lok Sabha elections alone
Recently Mamata Banerjee announced that her party Trinamool Congress will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls independently in West Bengal. She remarked, "I had no discussions with the Congress party. I have always said that in Bengal, we will fight alone. I am not concerned about what will be done in the country but we are a secular party and in Bengal, we will alone defeat the BJP. I am a part of the INDIA alliance. Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra is passing through our state but we have not been informed about it…"
