Congress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday said that the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma can keep registering FIRs against Rahul Gandhi but the grand old party will continue with its Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, with an aim to unite the country.
Criticising Rahul Gandhi, the Assam Chief Minister further said that, if he (Rahul Gandhi) respected Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva, he could have gone to Barpeta Satra, Patbaushi Satra, because Srimanta Sankaradeva established Barpeta Satra and stayed at Patbaushi.
The FIR, registered at the behest of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday, accused Rahul and other party leaders, who are part of the Congress's ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', of 'wanton acts of violence'.
Assam Rifles seized 180 kg of marijuana worth Rs 75.5 lakh and apprehended one drug peddler in Tripura's Khowai district on Wednesday, the officials said.
Congress leader launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah saying that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is "remote controlled" by them and that he was not afraid of either of them.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday took part in the ceremonial distribution of ration cards to beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act at an event held at Chakimukh Higher Secondary School Playground at Nazira in Sivasagar district.
"A truck carrying marijuana hidden under raw rubber from a neighbouring state to the North was intercepted by a team of STF team at Beharbari area in Guwahati and during the search the STF team seized 4,000 kg of marijuana. We have arrested two persons," DIG Partha Sarathi Mahanta said.
Following the registration of an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and fellow party leaders KC Venugopal and Kanhaiya Kumar for allegedly provoking a crowd in Guwahati, senior leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday came down heavily on the Assam government claiming that it was a 'conspiracy'
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday attacked Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accusing him of curbing free speech in the state and said that people had told Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra that Sarma is "the most corrupt CM in the country"
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati successfully conducted Phase 3 of the 'Yuva Sangam' program, an initiative under 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' by the Ministry of Education.
"I don't know from where he (Himanta) got the idea that he can scare Rahul Gandhi. File as many cases as you want against me, I am not afraid. I am not afraid of the BJP or the RSS. If you have filed 25 cases against me, file 25 more. Be happy," the Congress leader said while addressing a pu