Rahul Gandhi grows, shaves beard on my advice, claims Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shaves or grows his beard based on his advice. Sarma, who switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Congress in 2025, also questioned the ‘red’ book that Rahul Gandhi carried during election campaigns.In an interview with News Nation channel, Biswa recalled when he commented on Rahul Gandhi's long beard, during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in 2022 by comparing his looks with former Iraqi dictators Saddam Hussein.
It was after this comparison, Biswa said, that the Wayanad MP shaved off his beard. “Coincidentally, as soon as I said that Rahul Gandhi looked like Saddam Hussein, he shaved off his beard, Sarma said adding that he had later called clean-shaved Rahul Gandhi an “Amul boy."Also Read: 400 Lok Sabha seats needed to build temples in Mathura, Varanasi, claims BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma"And when I said that he looked like the Amul Boy, he grew a light beard..
Rahul Gandhi do listen to my advice," Biswa said. Biswa has been critical of Rahul Gandhi like other Congress defectors.
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