Congress General Secretary in Charge of Communication Jairam Ramesh outrightly blamed state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for making the Angkita Dutta's issue "worse."
Sikkim Congress President Gopal Chettri on Thursday claimed that due to the poor conditions of roads in the state, Sikkim was not included in the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
Congress General Secretary in Charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh, while addressing a press conference here claimed that the Himanta Biswa Sarma government is making all efforts to 'ensure that Bharat Jodo Yatra is not a success'.
As Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is set to enter Assam today, former Assam Congress Youth President Angkita Dutta has staged a protest demanding justice from the Congress leader over her claim of sexual assault by another party person.
The fifth day of Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumed on Thursday from Nagaland's Tuli to Jorhat in Assam. Rahul Gandhi while addressing the people said that perhaps the most corrupt government in India runs in Assam.
The Union Home Minister will attend the 71st Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) at the State Convention Centre, Shillong and will review the functioning of the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) on Friday, January 19.
Addressing a press conference here in Guwahati, the Assam CM said that the state government had announced the dates for the distribution of the forms for the welfare schemes even before it was aware of Rahul Gandhi's arrival in the state for his yatra.
"We only talked about motorcycles...He also rides. He is a rider. He has got a bike. We were talking about his bikes. He has got some good ones...We were also talking about his Ladakh trip," Shahwar Hussain, one of the bikers said speaking to ANI.
Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi expressed her lack of surprise at the denial of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony, which is going to take place on January 22.
As Congress's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' entered Nagaland on Tuesday, party leader Rahul Gandhi said that the Naga problem requires resolution, but it is lacking "conversation, listening to each other and working in implementing a solution."
Union Minister of State (MoS) Nisith Pramanik on Tuesday slammed Congress over the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and questioned how the grand old party, which has no ideology of its own, can claim that it is conducting an ideological yatra.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that through 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', his party is trying to present an alternative vision before the country, and further took a dig at the BJP by advocating that 'religion of politics' should be followed and not 'politics of religion'.