Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah sustained injuries after a group of people allegedly attacked the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Nagaon district on Sunday. Congress general secretary in charge of communication Jairam Ramesh claimed that his vehicle was also vandalised.
Sharing a picture of injured Borah, the Assam Congress wrote on X, “Himanta Biswa Sarma’s demonic attack on APCC President Bhupen Kumar Borah by his paid Gundas is one of the worst incidents in the political history of Assam. The attack is clear evidence of fear in the mind of the Chief Minister.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday jumped out of his vehicle to greet ‘BJP and Modi supporters’ in Assam during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. The grand old party posted a video of the crowd chanting ‘Modi-Modi’, and ‘Jai Shree Ram’ with saffron flags on its official handle X.
“Mohabbat ki dukaan is open for everyone, India will unite, and India will win,” the Congress party wrote on the microblogging site while sharing the video.
Later attending an event at Kaliabor, Borah said, “Today they shed my blood, I’ll keep the bloodstained clothes, this will remind me about this insult.”
Jairam Ramesh on Sunday shared a video of the alleged attack and said that BJP cadres under the influence of Himanta Biswa Sarma did it.
He wrote, “My vehicle was attacked a few minutes ago at Jumugurihat, Sunitpur by an unruly BJP crowd who also tore off the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra stickers from the windshield.
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, being led by Gandhi, reached the central Assam district earlier in the day. The leaders addressed a public rally in Kaliabor in the afternoon, in which Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge was also present. The Assam leg of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra began on January 18 and will continue till January 25, covering 17 districts of the northeast state.
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