Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday was served a notice by the Election Commission for a speech he had made in the poll-bound Chhattisgarh earlier this month.
In Kawardha, the Assam Chief Minister had attacked Mohammad Akbar, Chhattisgarh’s only Muslim Minister, and said the land of Mata Kaushalya would get impure if Mr. Akbar was not sent off.
Calling the speech divisive and communal, the Congress had filed a complaint with the EC against Mr. Sarma. During his Chhattisgarh visit on Thursday, Mr. Sarma had said that he had raised the right issue through his speech and if the EC sent him a notice, he would respond to it.
