Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that the “physique double” allegedly utilized by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi through the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ within the state has been “recognized” and particulars can be revealed later. Talking at a press convention, Sarma additional claimed that the “physique double” left the yatra halfway after a media outlet reported about his presence, creating an argument.
In line with the company PTI, the Chief Minister stated, “We’ve recognized the physique double, which was utilized by Rahul Gandhi through the padyatra. We’ve now confirmed that in a lot of the roadshows, Rahul was not cheering the group. His physique double was cheering the group.”
Sarma stated he’ll name a press assembly on the problem and reveal the id and different particulars of the “physique double” as soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves the state, after finishing his two-day journey, starting Saturday. “After they (media outlet) uncovered and uploaded the {photograph}, that individual quietly left Assam from Guwahati airport to Delhi with out taking part within the final leg (of the yatra),” he added, as quoted by PTI.
Between January 18 and January 25, when the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ journeyed via Assam, Gandhi and Sarma clashed a number of occasions. Sarma, who can also be answerable for the house portfolio, continued by saying that two circumstances—one in Jorhat and one in Guwahati—have been filed in Assam in relation to the Congress march.
The Congress had been allegedly denied permissions all through its run within the state and the problem escalated when social gathering leaders and staff smashed via police barricades in Guwahati after they have been allegedly “prevented” from getting into the town.
An FIR was registered in opposition to Rahul Gandhi and others over the Guwahati incident, Later, Sarma stated that the Wayanad MP can be detained following the Lok Sabha elections since he didn’t need to “politicise” the matter earlier than the elections. A second police report was filed in opposition to the yatra organisers for reportedly going off the permitted path inside Jorhat city, leading to a “chaotic state of affairs” close by.
The Jorhat Police issued notices to the accused individuals and a few have even been questioned.
Additional on underlining the interrogation, he stated, “For the Guwahati case, we’ve got shaped an SIT, which has already began work. The Jorhat case is being investigated within the regular approach” , as per PTI.