Sarma calls FIR fake; Jaimangal asks why colleague deleted tweet

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that Jharkhand Congress MLA Jaimangal's police complaint against him was 'fake'. Jaimangal had alleged that three Congress MLAs arrested in Bengal with cash had offered to arrange a meeting for him with Sarma, as part of efforts to topple the JMM-led government in Jharkhand.

"Fake FIR in #Jharkhand. The so-called FIR looks like @INCIndia asking Ottavio Quattrocchi to file a case against Bofors," Sarma said in a tweet. His cabinet colleague Pijush Hazarika tweeted photographs of Sarma and Jaimangal to claim that the two were regularly in touch and the allegation was baseless. "Jaimangal has been regularly meeting Himanta Biswa sir. He should face the law for making a fraudulent allegation against the chief minister of Assam and against tribal MLAs," Hazarika said in one of his tweets.

However, Jaimangal questioned Hazarika: "The tweet by Pijush Hazarika was deleted. If it was true, why did he delete it? I was at Pralhad Joshi's Delhi home around 25-26 July. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took me there. We discussed issues related to coal. CM Jharkhand knew about the visit," he said.