Whenever Himanta Biswa Sarma sees Rahul Gandhi, he loses his cool: Jairam Ramesh
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, when Rahul Gandhi entered Assam for the second time from the Rajgarh-Hollongi (Assam-Arunachal Pradesh) border, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh took a dig at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, saying that the latter is suffering from an illness.
«Assam Chief Minister is suffering from an illness. Whenever he sees Rahul Gandhi or hears Rahul Gandhi's name or the Congress party's name, he loses his cool.
What can I do?» Ramesh said while addressing a press conference in Assam's Biswanath district on Sunday.
The senior Congress leader claimed that Himanta was enraged at the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra starting from the day women who had assembled for a state government event came forward to welcome Rahul Gandhi in Assam and asked him to pose in pictures with them.
«Starting from the first day when women who had assembled to take part in a state government event came on the road to welcome Rahul Gandhi (in Assam) and asked him to pose in pictures with them, the Assam Chief Minister was enraged and disturbed.
So he is finding one opportunity or the other (to disturb the Yatra) whether in Jorhat or Guwahati,» Ramesh said.
Jairam Ramesh said that though the Bharat Jodo Yatra faced some difficulties while passing through Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, it was never «targeted» in a similar manner in which the Assam Chief Minister is targeting the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
«During the Bharat Jodo Yatra, we faced some difficulties when our Yatra passed through BJP-ruled Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, but no Chief Minister had earlier targeted the Bharat Jodo Yatra like the Assam Chief Minister. This shows
