Senior Assam Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia on September 20 filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for alleged ‘hate’ speech.
The FIR lodged with the Nazira Model Police Station in eastern Assam’s Sivasagar district said the Chief Minister incited violence and arson against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her family.
Mr. Saikia said the Assam Chief Minister used “banal and hateful” words during the BJP’s Jan Ashirwad Rally in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on September 19.