Himanta Biswa Sarma reacts to Asaduddin Owaisi filing case on his ‘point-blank’ video: ‘Arrest me’

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday reacted to AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s case over a now-deleted video, saying he was “ready to go to jail.”

As reported by ANI, Assam CM said, “I am ready to go to jail, what can I do? I do not know anything about any video. If he has filed a case against me, arrest me; what objection do I have? I have no objection. But I stand by my words, I am against Bangladeshi infiltrators and I will continue to be against them.”

Earlier in the day, Owaisi lodged a complaint with the city police seeking criminal action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a now-deleted purported video shared on social media. PTI reported.

The video, which the Assam BJP posted on X and later removed, allegedly showed Sarma taking aim with a rifle and firing a shot at two individuals-one wearing a skull cap and the other sporting a beard-with the caption “point-blank shot.”

In a post on 'X', the Hyderabad MP said, “Unfortunately, genocidal hate speech has become a norm.”

(With inputs from ANI)

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