“District Congress presidents and other leaders filed complaints at their local police stations, condemning the chief minister for making comments that allegedly malign the character of Assamese women,” party spokesperson Monalisa Baruah Hazarika said.The Congress demanded legal action under relevant provisions of the BNS and called for an investigation into the CM’s statements, she added.In Guwahati, while filing the complaint at Dispur Police Station, Metropolitan District Congress president Gopal Chandra Sharma told reporters that the “chief minister’s remarks casting doubt on the chastity of Assam’s women reflect a deeply regressive and distasteful mindset”.He also alleged that the CM’s “suspicion” towards women appointed during the Congress rule was “unjust” and could cause serious social unrest.Sharma also asserted that during the time of those appointments, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma himself had held influential positions in Tarun Gogoi’s cabinet.”If there were any irregularity, the current chief minister should also be held accountable,” he added.The Congress had, on Wednesday, burnt an effigy of the Assam chief minister for his alleged derogatory remarks against women and wrote to the National Commission for Women (NCW) seeking action against the BJP leader.
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