Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as Assam Chief Minister in May 2021. Till 2015, Sarma was a part of the Congress and a young and ambitious leader considered close to then CM Tarun Gogoi. In 2011, Sarma manged the election campaign for the Congress, and helped it win an unprecedented 79 seats in the 126-member Assam assembly. However, with Tarun Gogoi projecting his son Gaurav as the face of Assam’s Congress leadership, he quit.
In 2015, Sarma joined the BJP and quickly rose to prominence becoming finance minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal government, then convener of the North East Development Alliance (NEDA). He has been credited as the man behind the BJP’s increased foothold in the Northeast.
As Assam Chief Minister, Sarma — though an ‘outsider — has steered many policies seemingly aligned with the Sangh agenda, including the passage of the Assam Cattle Preservation (Amendment) Act, asking for the reverification of the National Register of Citizens and carrying out demolition drives to evict “illegal encroachers”.
In that case, one will have to review our devotion to the epics …
First of all, if you know there are complaints of corruption against officers, you need to punish them. Not give really silly lectures – which are bad by the way. Secondly, if two people chew tobacco and only one gets cancer, the other one is just on his way to ruining his health. Don’t link karma. Nothing in Bhagvad Gita resembles the totally false thing you are claiming. Stop lying, Minister. Please atleast now accept you made a mistake. You are not just Health Minister of a state, but also in the sports field. Tomorrow if any of your player loses, don’t tell them they did bad karma. Being spiritual does not mean being stupid. I don’t care if you were Congress yesterday, BJP today and go to JD U tomorrow. Don’t malign Bhagvad Gita. Cancer is really terrible, I don’t expect you to understand Science – you are too blinded by Congress hate to see anything clearly. But atleast have some empathy. Empathy is taught in Bhagvad Gita. And those corrupt officers – govts are not your personal fiefdoms, to give a lecture and let them go. Atleast fight corruption, or Master Modi will be angry. So will Shri Krishna – the Bhagvad Gita dude