Two categories of people, according to Jairam Ramesh, depart Congress. "Himanta Biswa Sarma is of the second sort"

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• Sep 15, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

 Digital Desk: Congress
MP Jairam Ramesh stated on Thursday that there are only two categories of
people who leave the Congress when referring to the eight MLAs in Goa who left
the party. He went on to explain that the first category consists of those who
have received everything from the celebration. Jairam Ramesh used the former
chief minister of J&K, Ghulam Nabi Azad, as an example when he stated:
"The first category includes people who have benefited from the party.
Ghulam Nabi Azad is an example of this. He received everything from the party
starting from Youth Congress president to PCC president, Union Cabinet
minister, general secretary, etc. Only those who have benefited from the
Congress will kick the party and leave."

"No. 2 is those who are vulnerable to investigative agencies. They
will go and join the BJP. The moment they join the BJP, they will become clean.
Look at the Assam chief minister, a classic example. There isn't a single case
against him, but when he was in the Congress, the BJP used to attack him daily.
Now that he is the chief minister, the BJP is completely silent," Jairam
Ramesh said. The Congress MP claimed that the Goa MLAs who defected also fit
under this second category.

Jairam Ramesh remarked, "These 8 MLAs walked into this BJP washing
machine. They are among the most corrupt people I know.

"No. 2 is those
who are vulnerable to investigative agencies. They will go and join the BJP.
The moment they join the BJP, they will become clean. Look at the Assam chief
minister, a classic example. There isn't a single case against him, but when he
was in the Congress, the BJP used to attack him daily. Now that he is the chief
minister, the BJP is completely silent," Jairam Ramesh said. The Congress
MP claimed that the Goa MLAs who defected also fit under this second category.

Jairam Ramesh
remarked, "These 8 MLAs walked into this BJP washing machine. They are
among the most corrupt people I know.

Jairam Ramesh
acknowledged that Congress made a mistake by allowing them (the eight Goa MLAs)
to join the party when speaking at a news conference in Kerala. Jairam Ramesh
stated, "But now that they have entered the BJP washing machine, they will
become pristine white like my kurta. People will leave, of course, after
enjoying everything, but for every person departing after doing so, there are
20 to 30 young leaders waiting for jobs in the party.

The sooner they leave,
the better, Jairam Ramesh stated. "I am not worried when some of these big
names leave.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma replied angrily to Jairam Ramesh's assertion and
claimed he couldn't recognize the individual. He said that he did not know
anyone by that name at the party. "Let me know who Jairam Ramesh is first.
Does he have a residence in Assam? He is who? I am clueless. Who will be able
to recall a Congressman's name? When I was in Congress, I was never
particularly close to any man with such a name. I have no idea who he is, the
chief minister of Assam declared.