Assam MLA Mrinal Saikia has urged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to ask his cabinet colleague, Jayanta Mallabaruah, to keep his mouth shut as "his style of talking" is damaging the party's chances in the Lok Sabha polls.
As Rahul Gandhi concludes the Assam leg of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra amid heated exchanges between the Congress and BJP, the state BJP unit has taken a swipe, thanking him for the yatra that it claims bared the Congress's organisational capacity.
The case against Rahul Gandhi and his associates in connection with Congress leaders' clash with cops at Guwahati city limits will now be investigated by the specialised Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
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