The firing incident that took place after a clash between Meghalaya villagers and a contingent of police and forest guards from Assam has nothing to do with the border dispute between the two states, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday, while reacting to Himanta Biswa Sarma's "Saddam Hussein" jibe at Rahul Gandhi, said that the Assam Chief Minister "sounds like a petty troll".
Assam CM Sarma was addressing a public rally in Gujarat on Tuesday, where he took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and said that Nowadays he (Rahul Gandhi) looks like former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
Amongst the leaders who will participate in this programme includes BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Purushottam Rupala Mansukh Mandaviya amongst others.
During the roadshow in Delhi ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections, the Assam Chief Minister said India does not need a person like Aaftab (Shraddha murder case accused) but a person like Lord Ram, a leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rahul Gandhi, reading from a letter purportedly written by Savarkar to the British, claimed the saffron ideologue betrayed leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel by signing on a letter of apology to the British before independence.
Citing the bone-chilling incident of the Shraddha murder case in Delhi who was killed by Aftab her live-in partner on May 18, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that such Aftab's would emerge in every city and will not be able to safeguard our society.
The state of Gujarat which has 182 assembly constituencies will go for polling in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will occur on December 8, which coincides with Himachal Pradesh's result date.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is currently in Gujarat to address voters ahead of the high-stake Assembly polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat.