Hyderabad, Feb. 26 -- Following a string of petitions filed against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his repeated hate speeches against the Muslim community, the Gauhati High Court on Thursday, February 26, issued him a notice citing his remarks display a "fissiparous tendency."

Apart from Sarma, the Union Government of India, state government and Assam Director General of Police (DGP) have also been served a notice seeking a response.

The matter will be heard next in April.

A Division Bench of Chief JusticeAshutosh Kumarand JusticeArun Dev Choudhuryis hearing the matter after the Supreme Court refused to entertain petitions seeking action against Biswa over a now-deleted viral videopurportedly showing him taking aim and fi...