CM Sarma, who switched from the Congress to the BJP in 2015, has regularly attacked his former party...
Digital Desk: As the Assam Congress staged a foot march in the northeastern state on Saturday, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh accused chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of "kicking" his former party. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief Bhupen Borah tweeted a video of the march in Hajai district, saying, "Your life doesn’t get better by chance, it gets better by Change."
To this, Ramesh said, "Some like Assam CM and Bhubaneswar Kalita think life becomes better kicking the party that made them."
CM Sarma, who switched from the Congress to the BJP in 2015, has regularly attacked his former party and its leaders, particularly Rahul Gandhi. The Assam chief minister recently mocked Rahul Gandhi's beard, saying he has begun to resemble "Saddam Hussein," the former Iraqi dictator.
During a public rally in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, Sarma said, "I just saw that his looks have also changed. I said in a TV interview a few days back that there is nothing wrong with his new look. But if you have to change the looks, at least make it like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel or even Jawaharlal Nehru will do. It is better if it looks like Gandhiji. But why is your face turning into Saddam Hussein?"
The remark sparked a harsh rebuke from Congress, which called it "obnoxious and absolutely inappropriate."
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet, "It is truly pathetic that several TV channels did debates today on Assam CM's obnoxious and totally unacceptable comments on Rahul Gandhi's beard. This trivializes the Bharat Jodo Yatra."
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