Himanta Biswa Sarma retracted his statements inside the state Assembly after the Congress filed a breach of privilege complaint against the Assam Chief Minister on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A complaint was filed by Congress Legislature Party with the Principal Secretary of Assam Assembly for Sarma\u2019s remarks during a debate on former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sarma later withdrew his complaint, however, the Congress has not withdrawn its privilege notice and demanded an apology from the Assam CM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A complaint letter by signed by over 20 Congress MLAs and addressed to the Principal Secretary said: \u201cToday in the House, the Leader of the House Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that he is aware of the discussion held in the ACLP (Assam Congress Legislature Party) room. Further, he has also stated that some Hon’ble Member of the ACLP has informed him about the decision taken in the CLP meeting held on 28th March, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ACLP said the statement by Sarma was false and hence was bringing a breach of privilege against Leader of the House Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, while urging the principal secretary to take up the notice for “further action” according to the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read Also<\/strong>: Police vehicles torched as violence erupts between 2 groups in Maharashtra\u2019s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Commotion erupted in the Assam Assembly on Wednesday morning after the Congress introduced an Adjournment Motion to discuss the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha following his conviction by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Introducing the notice, Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia said they want to send a resolution to the President of India requesting her to uphold the Constitution as it is the same for every citizen and the executive must act fairly to protect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his reply to the motion, Himanta Sarma said that expressing opinions on judicial matters is unprecedented and claimed he knew that the ACLP had taken a decision last night to \u201ccreate noise\u201d in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Replying to the motion, Mr Sarma said, “It’s unprecedented that we’re expressing opinions on a judicial matter here. I know that a decision was taken by Congress Legislature Party last night to create noise here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarma later parts of his claim that someone from the opposition had informed him of the Congress\u2019 plan the previous night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n