'Gift for Rahul Gandhi,' taunts Himanta Sarma as Congress MLAs 'support government'

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"Chief Minister ko faad do," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told Assam MLAs, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma..

Assam Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma didn't miss the opportunity to poke fun at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi..

The latest jab by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma came as two to four MLAs of the opposition Congress party pledged their "support" to the BJP government in Assam...

"The development comes just days after Rahul Gandhi asked the Congress MLAs to tear up (make it dysfunctional) the state Assembly, on his way out of Assam with his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY)," said Himanta Biswa Sarma...

"He [Rahul Gandhi] called all the Congress MLAs in his luxurious bus at the Assam-Bengal border and instructed them to tear-up the Chief Minister when the next session took place and not to allow the assembly to function," Himanta said in the video...

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