Chief Minister afraid of me, says Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah

I Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah has accused State’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of becoming ”acrimonious toward him out of fear”. Mr. Borah said the Chief Minister liked slaves, not followers. “Just see how he made former Cabinet Minister Basanta Das touch his feet,” he said

GUWAHATI Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah has accused State’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of becoming ”acrimonious toward him out of fear”.

The acrimony was making the Chief Minister target the members of his family too, Mr. Borah claimed, amid reports of more Congress leaders trying to join the BJP. 

“I am certain that if there is one person in Assam that @HimantaBiswa truly fears, it is me. Why? Because his acrimonious behaviour towards me and my family betrays his innermost fears,” the Assam Congress chief posted on X on February 27.

Mr. Borah said the Chief Minister liked slaves, not followers. “Just see how he made former Cabinet Minister Basanta Das touch his feet,” he said.

On February 14, Mr. Das and another Congress MLA, Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha declared their support to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi without quitting their party.

“HBS [Himanta Biswa Sarma] knows that his chair is his only till such time he continues to do ‘Tadipaar’s’ dirty tricks. He has seen the fates of Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, people who tried to toe an independent line. He can ‘buy’ a few MLAs here and there, but he cannot buy me,” Mr. Borah said.

‘Tadipaar’ is a term Congress uses for Home Minister Amit Shah.