India, Aug. 17 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called Congress leader P Chidambaram a 'pure Naxal' after the former home minister's jibe at PM Narendra Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' remark during his Independence Day speech.

Modi on Saturday had said that some 'dimagi Naxals' need to be identified and 'isolated'. His remarks triggered an uproar in the Opposition. There were several reactions to the remark, but one that made headlines was Congress leader P Chidambaram's, when he said he was 'proud to be a dimagi Naxal'.

Reacting to this, Himanta on Monday said Chidambaram was not just a 'dimagi Naxal' but 'the one above it', adding that he was actually a 'pure Naxal'. Sarma claimed that despite being the home minister at a time w...