"Free publicity...will benefit us...": Rahul Gandhi slams Assam CM Sarma

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday intensified his attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma saying that the intimidation tactics that are being used by the BJP against the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will ultimately benefit party yatraContradicting Wayanad MP Biswa Sarma termed the unruly behaviour of the Congress workers as Naxalite tactics and instructed DGP Assam Police to register a case against Rahul Gandhi for violating guidelines that resulted in a massive traffic jam in GuwahatiThe Congress leader is leading the partys Manipur to Mumbai Bharat Jodo Nyay YatraAddressing a press conference in Kamrup Congress leader termed the Assam CM the most corrupt Chief Minister of the countryThe chief minister of the state is one of the most corrupt chief ministers in the country Whenever I move to the state people tell me that massive unemployment corruption price rise farmers are struggling and no youth can get a job in this state These are the issues we are raising and we are being very successful in it he saidCongress MP further said that Assam CMs tactics will help our yatra and will benefit the YatraWhatever the Assam CM is doing against the Yatra it benefits the Yatra The publicity that we might have not got by doing this the Assam CM and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are helping us Now the main issue in Assam is the YatraIt is their intimidation tacticsOur message of Nyay is reaching the people Even the BJP people who are protesting are waving hands at me he addedHe further said that this Yatra is about five pillars of NYAY adding that the Yatra has become the main issue of AssamThere is an idea of Nyay behind this Nyay Yatra Congress party will bring forward its five pillars of justice in the next one month which give the country power he addedEarlier today the Assam Chief Minister instructed the state Director General of Police DGP to register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly provoking crowdIn a post on social media platform X Chief Minister Sarma said Naxalite tactics were alien to Assams cultureThese are not part of Assamese culture We are a peaceful state Such Naxalite tactics are completely alien to our culture I have instructed DGP Assam Police to register a case against your leader Rahul Gandhi for provoking the crowd and use the footage you have posted on your handles as evidence Your unruly behaviour and violation of agreed guidelines have resulted in a massive traffic jam in Guwahati now Sarma said on XEarlier in the day Congress workers who were stopped from entering Guwahati city clashed with Assam PoliceRahul Gandhi had earlier today claimed that he was not allowed to interact with students of the stateMeanwhile as Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed its journey on the 10th day on Tuesday from Assam heavy security was deployed at Khanapara Area the entry point of Guwahati for the YatraThere was barricading and heavy deployment of police officials in the Khanapara Area where Rahul Gandhis Yatra will reach todayAccording to Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatras official handle on X the Congress will hold a press conference later today After that the yatra will resume its journey and it will halt at Bishnupur in AssamThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever