Guwahati, Feb. 17 -- Training his guns once again on the Congress, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that while Sonia Gandhi had approved his swearing-in as Assam Chief Minister in 2014, Rahul Gandhi "sabotaged it from US and ensured that Tarun Gogoi continued as the chief minister".
Sarma on Tuesday claimed that then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had asked him to decide his swearing-in date; however, Rahul Gandhi ensured Tarun Gogoi remained the chief minister.
The Assam Chief Minister referred to a political situation that took place in Assam years back when there was dissidence in the then ruling Congress. During that period, a leadership crisis hit the Congress when around 58 party MLAs backed Himanta Biswa Sarma ...