'Ready to contest on ballot paper': Himanta lobs dare at Cong but with a big rider
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has challenged Congress leaders to resign from their state governments in exchange for a return to ballot paper voting. He also defended the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls, claiming it is necessary to combat illegal immigration.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing political tension in India regarding electoral integrity and the contentious debate over voter registration processes.
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma slammed Congress amid the ongoing INDIA bloc protest against SIR and 'vote chori', while directly challenging Rahul that he's ready to contest on ballot paper if Congress govt's in Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka resign.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, he hit out at Rahul and the Congress and challenged, "I am ready to contest on the ballot paper if Rahul Gandhi and Congress are ready for their governments' resignations. The Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana governments must resign because those governments were also formed through 'vote chori' under Gyanesh Kumar.""Today, the Congress doesn't even have enough people to stage a protest in Delhi. They had to hire and bring people in from Assam, gathering them from all over the country...
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