NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday took a swipe at Himanta Biswa Sarma after the Assam chief minister claimed that the minor children of a sitting Member of Parliament from the state are 'no longer citizens of India.'
The statement was made on May 1 through his official social media account on X. "I say this with full responsibility — the minor children of one Member of Parliament from Assam are no longer citizens of India. But this is just the beginning. There is much more yet to be revealed," Sarma wrote, without naming the MP.
"Dear Himanta BS, Are you talking about Dr. S Jaishankar's two children? Or is it Piyush Goyal's children? Hardeep Singh Puri's or Sudha Murthy's? Be specific while making such big allegations against people in your own party," replied Congress.
Sarma reportedly made these allegations against Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi . Earlier this week, Sarma questioned citizenship status of Gogoi's family members. He has been targetting Gogoi repeatedly, stating he would release evidence of the MP's alleged international visits to Pakistan and Nepal before September.
Congress on Thursday filed police complaints against CM Sarma for his alleged derogatory remarks against women during the recent panchayat poll campaign. The police are, however, yet to register the FIRs and said they are investigating the complaints.
Sarma, during panchayat election rallies, had mentioned a witness' statement from the report of the Justice (Retd) Biplab Kumar Sharma Commission on irregularities in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) examinations for 2013 and 2014, when the Congress was in power.
He had said the witness' statement maintained that women "had to adopt a wrong path" to get jobs during the Congress regime. "District Congress presidents and other leaders filed complaints at their local police stations, condemning the chief minister for making comments that allegedly malign the character of Assamese women," party spokesperson Monalisa Baruah Hazarika said.
The statement was made on May 1 through his official social media account on X. "I say this with full responsibility — the minor children of one Member of Parliament from Assam are no longer citizens of India. But this is just the beginning. There is much more yet to be revealed," Sarma wrote, without naming the MP.
"Dear Himanta BS, Are you talking about Dr. S Jaishankar's two children? Or is it Piyush Goyal's children? Hardeep Singh Puri's or Sudha Murthy's? Be specific while making such big allegations against people in your own party," replied Congress.
Sarma reportedly made these allegations against Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi . Earlier this week, Sarma questioned citizenship status of Gogoi's family members. He has been targetting Gogoi repeatedly, stating he would release evidence of the MP's alleged international visits to Pakistan and Nepal before September.
Congress on Thursday filed police complaints against CM Sarma for his alleged derogatory remarks against women during the recent panchayat poll campaign. The police are, however, yet to register the FIRs and said they are investigating the complaints.
Sarma, during panchayat election rallies, had mentioned a witness' statement from the report of the Justice (Retd) Biplab Kumar Sharma Commission on irregularities in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) examinations for 2013 and 2014, when the Congress was in power.
He had said the witness' statement maintained that women "had to adopt a wrong path" to get jobs during the Congress regime. "District Congress presidents and other leaders filed complaints at their local police stations, condemning the chief minister for making comments that allegedly malign the character of Assamese women," party spokesperson Monalisa Baruah Hazarika said.
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