Himanta Sarma attacks Congress, calls Chidambaram ‘pure Naxal’
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday accused Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of openly "engaging in anti-national" activities and trying to "spread anarchy" in the country in an attempt to return to power.
Sarma also took a swipe at former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram over his 'dimagi Naxal' remark, claiming that the senior opposition leader is a "pure Naxal" and an enquiry should be done to find if he knowingly didn't take steps against Maoists when he was in the Union Cabinet.
"Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are nearly on a mission to oppose the nation. Whether it is by instigating protests in the name of Gen Z, they have vowed to spoil the atmosphere of the country," Sarma said at a press conference here.
Asked about the two Congress leaders purportedly opposing full rendition of 'Vande Mataram' during Independence Day celebration, the CM said, "Sonia Gandhi's behaviour shows that if the Congress returns to power by some mistake, what will the condition of the country be?"
"They are openly engaging in anti-national activities and provoking people to agitate, sit on dharna, all for the sake of anarchy. The 'Ma-Beta' (mother-son) attempt to stop the 'Vande Mataram' manifests what will be the country's future if the Congress comes to power," the BJP leader asserted.
On Chidambaram calling himself a "dimagi naxal" after PM Narendra Modi used the term during his Independence Day speech, Sarma mentioned that it was during his tenure as Union Home minister that senior Congress leader V C Shukla and others were killed in an attack in Chhattisgarh, and "still Congress did nothing to eradicate Naxalism".
"With Chidambaram calling himself 'dimagi naxal', there should be an enquiry whether he knowingly didn't take steps against Naxals when he was the Home minister," Sarma said.
"I think Chidambaram is not just a 'dimagi naxal', he is a 'pure naxal' who wants anarchy in the country," he claimed.
Sarma maintained that it is under PM Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah that a "naxal-mukt" India has been possible and there is all-round peace, including smooth national day celebrations in Assam.
