GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is likely to file a defamation case against senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

The defamation case likely to be filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma against Rahul Gandhi will be over the Congress leader’s ‘Adani’ tweet.

This was confirmed by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday (April 09).

“Whatever Rahul Gandhi has tweeted, it is defamatory. Once Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Assam on April 14 is over, we will respond to it and a defamation case will be lodged in Guwahati,” Sarma said on Sunday.

“Definitely, a defamation case will be filed in Guwahati,” the Assam CM added.

It may be mentioned here that Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had told Rahul Gandhi that he will meet the senior Congress leader in court.

“…we will meet in the court of law,” Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma told senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in response to a tweet.

This reaction from Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma came in response to a tweet of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi mentioning names of turncoats and billionaire Gautam Adani.

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The Assam CM said that it was the ‘decency’ of the BJP to not question Rahul Gandhi on Bofors scam and National Herald scam cases.

“It was our decency to have never asked you, on where have you (Rahul Gandhi) concealed the proceeds of crime from the Bofors and National Herald scams,” Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

He added: “And how you (Rahul Gandhi) allowed Ottavio Quattrocchi to escape the clutches of Indian justice multiple times.”

It may be mentioned here that Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday (April 08), doubled down on his allegations against the Adani Group and suggested that the Congress leaders switching to BJP was a mere distraction.

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“They hide the truth, that’s why they mislead everyday!” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.

“The question remains the same – who has Rs 20,000 crore benami money in Adani’s companies?” Rahul Gandhi added, posting graphics that named five Congress turncoats, including Himanta Biswa Sarma, to spell Adani.