The Congress Saturday slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the arrest of its Assam unit spokesperson Reetam Singh for a social media post, saying the action was "worse than atrocious". The opposition party asserted that Singh's post, for which he was arrested, was "perfectly reasonable".

"The arrest of my young colleague Reetam Singh for a perfectly reasonable social media post is worse than atrocious Mr Chief Minister," Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said on X and tagged Sarma.