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Himanta threatens to sue Congress MP over poll bonds allegation

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma threatened Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi with legal action on March 15 for alleging that the State government has signed a memorandum of understanding with a company that gave donations to the BJP via electoral bonds.

"The allegations levelled by Hon'ble MP Shri @pradyutbordoloi is devoid of any facts and are entirely baseless," Sarma posted on X.

Earlier, Mr. Bordoloi, the Nagaon MP, reposted a tweet by a person who alleged that the Assam government had signed an MoU with a firm named Bright Star Investments and shared a donors' list, in which the firm's name figured, along with amounts donated to the BJP.

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