Will soon identify Rahul Gandhi's 'body double' used during Nyay Yatra in Assam, just wait…: Himanta Biswa Sarma
most corrupt chief minister of India". Rahul Gandhi had also accused the Assam government of denying him the permission to visit a temple in the state when the pran pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya was going on.
The opposition party also alleged denial or problems in route permissions through the state by the BJP-led government. The situation reached a flashpoint when Congress leaders and workers broke police barricades erected to prevent them from entering the main city limits of Guwahati.
An FIR was registered against Rahul Gandhi and others over the incident, with Himanta Biswa Sarma later stating that they would be arrested after the Lok Sabha polls as he did not want to "politicise" the issue prior to the elections. The Assam chief minister also said that all Gandhis would be needed to defeat him in the state.
"Let them bring Priyanka Gandhi's son also," Himanta Biswa Sarma said, adding, “They have already put up their hands (in surrender). They couldn't do it through Rahul, so they will now get Priyanka and then Sonia." There are 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Of those, nine are currently held by the BJP, three by Congress, one by AIUDF and one Independent. (With agency inputs)Milestone Alert!
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