'Ask your governments to resign first': Assam CM challenges Rahul Gandhi over CEC Gyanesh Kumar, SIR
Sarma said Congress-run states should resign before demanding paper ballots and defended the electoral roll revision as needed to curb demographic change.
- On Monday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma challenged Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party to resign from state governments where they won elections under CEC Gyanesh Kumar if they truly mistrust the current election process.
- Opposition demands to scrap Electronic Voting Machines and protests against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls prompted the challenge. Sarma dismissed these as a "manufactured" conspiracy by foreign-backed "Dimagi Naxals" seeking regime change.
- Citing 70 years out of power in Tamil Nadu and 50 years in West Bengal, Sarma argued the party's decline is a long-standing trend of public rejection. He defended the SIR process as necessary to address demographic changes.
- He dared the opposition to boycott upcoming elections in Punjab, Goa, and Uttarakhand if they mistrust the election chief. Sarma offered to resign as an MP and contest fresh elections in Assam using ballot papers if Congress surrenders its two states.
- Sarma claimed the party lacked local support for recent Delhi protests, alleging they had to "hire and bring people in from Assam." He further alleged Gandhi is "pushing India's democratic institutions towards anarchy" and working with foreign powers.
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Ready for ballot paper polls if Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana govts resign: Himanta dares Congress
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress over their campaign against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleged vote theft.
‘If he resigns from his seat, I’m ready for…’: Assam CM Himanta Sarma dares Rahul Gandhi
Guwahati, Assam: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says, "Today, I want to challenge Rahul Gandhi: First, ask all the governments formed during Gyanesh Kumar's tenure to resign. Ask the government in Keralam to resign, ask the government in Jharkhand to resign, ask the government in Karnataka to resign, ask the government in Telangana to resign, and ask your alliance government in Tamil Nadu to resign. Also, announce that if Gyanesh Kumar remai…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he was prepared to contest elections using ballot papers after the three Congress-ruled state governments resigned, as elections in these three states were also conducted using EVMs.
"Attacking Foundations Of Democracy": Himanta Sarma Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi
Thousands of people gathered in central Delhi on Monday as opposition leaders began their march to the Supreme Court to challenge Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of...
Assam BJP to hold statewide rallies over Congress pressure claims
Himanta Biswa Sarma said the BJP will hold peaceful rallies across Assam from October 13 to 31. The campaign seeks to counter Congress over its stand on constitutional institutions and electoral roll revision.
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