Prayagraj,

April 10 (HS): On the call of the state leadership, under the joint aegis of

the City and District Congress Committees, Congress workers, angered by the use

of unparliamentary and indecent language by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa

Sarma against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and National Spokesperson

Pawan Khera, burned an effigy of Sarma at the district headquarters to express

their protest.

In

the afternoon, under the leadership of City President Fuzail Hashmi, Congress

workers reached the District Magistrate’s office raising slogans of “Narendra

Modi–Himanta Biswa Sarma Murdabad.” They demanded that a case be registered

against the Assam Chief Minister for abusing a Dalit, sedition, and for

spreading hatred between two communities. They said that Sarma’s nervousness is

now clearly visible, and the fear and restlessness of the ruling power is

evident due to the looming defeat. They added that the revelations made by

Congress have brought the truth to light, which is troubling those in power.

They

further stated that first the dignity of language was violated, and then

attempts were made to suppress the truth using police power. However, they

warned that the Chief Minister must remember that truth neither gets suppressed

nor bows down. A letter was also sent to the President demanding legal action

against Sarma’s wife over allegations of possessing three passports from the

UAE, Antigua Barbuda, and Egypt. They also said that if Sarma has any sense of

shame, he should clarify the allegations instead of filing FIRs against those

raising questions, that too in a state where he himself is the Chief Minister.

Among

those present were District President duo Ashfaq Ahmad and Ashok Patel,

Coordinator Harikesh Tripathi, Kishore Varshney, Tasleemuddin, Anoop Tripathi,

Parvez Siddiqui, Devaraj Upadhyay, Amar Singh Patel, Nayan Kushwaha, Afroz

Ahmad, Sushmita Yadav, Pratima Tripathi, Sartaj Mohammad, Manas Shukla, Mohd.

Javed, Ram Manorath Saroj, Ishtiyaq Ahmad, Dr. Anil Gaur, Spokesperson

Shahnawaz Qureshi, Sita Yadav, Suboor Khan, Jitendra Rai, Tabrez Ahmad, Brijesh

Gautam, Kamal Ali, Sunil Kumar, Rizwana Begum, Nasreen Bano, Kameshwar Sonkar,

Mukhtar Ahmad, and many others.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi