Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday alleged that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi could be utilizing a “body double” through the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. Sarma quoted a information portal questioning if Rahul Gandhi was utilizing his look-alike through the tour from Manipur to Maharashtra.
“Rahul Gandhi has been using a ‘body double’ on his bus journeys. This means that the person sitting at the front of the bus and looking at people probably is not Rahul Gandhi at all,” Sarma stated.
He went on to assert, citing Congress sources, that the bus being utilized by Rahul Gandhi for the tour has a number of rooms, and the Congress chief was typically seated inside with a handful of individuals, whereas the world waved at a “Rahul Gandhi lookalike”.
“You people (media) think that you’re clicking Rahul Gandhi’s photos, but in reality, it is his body double,” Sarma stated at a media briefing on Thursday.
Himanta Sarma made the claims whereas referring to a put up by a information portal on January 22. The information portal had questioned if Rahul Gandhi was utilizing a “body double” within the ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Sarma questioned if using the “body double by Rahul Gandhi was part of a larger conspiracy”.
The Sarma-led administration and Rahul Gandhi have been at loggerheads, particularly for the reason that Rahul-led yatra reentered Assam. The Yatra, which goals to cowl 14 states in little over two months, spent a day in Arunachal Pradesh earlier than re-entering Assam on Tuesday.
In his Yatra’s preliminary rallies held in Assam, Rahul Gandhi made corruption accusations towards the Assam CM and his relations, together with his youngsters, throughout his tackle. At his get together’s rally in Dhubri, Rahul Gandhi focused the Assam Chief Minister, labelling him the “most corrupt” within the nation.
He alleged that Himanta Sarma holds a stake in virtually all the things which is a part of a citizen’s life, from tea leaves to the coal one used to arrange tea.
The Congress Yatra, in its Assam leg, recorded incidents of violence, clashes with Assam Police, breaking of barricades, and extra importantly, an FIR towards Rahul Gandhi for inciting violence and never allegedly adhering to the route as permitted by the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led authorities.