Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday shared Ghulam Nabi Azad‘s interview the place the previous J&Ok chief minister spoke about how he intervened when Himanta Biswa Sarma was about to exit the occasion. Ghulam Nabi Azad’s makes an attempt remained unsuccessful, however he (Himanta) continued within the occasion for one more 12 months, he tweeted. “The story of those 12 months is quite fascinating. I ultimately left the Congress party in August 2015,” Himanta tweeted. Interview | I won’t consider myself an Oppn leader, I will stay neutral: Ghulam Nabi Azad

In the interview with Mojo, Ghulam Nabi Azad stated he was known as to step in when Himanta declared a riot with the assist of 40-45 MLAs. “I was told to manage the situation as Himanta was close to me. And also the then governor JB Patnaik was close to him. I did both the works faithfully,” Ghulam stated within the interview.

“I called up Himanta and asked him to come to Delhi with all his supporters in different planes. The then-chief minister was also told to do the same. We took stock of the situation and Himanta had evidently more support. In the process, I briefed Mrs Gandhi about all the developments but she did not tell us to consult with Rahul Gandhi,” Ghulam Nabi Azad stated.

“Before we were going to Assam, I got a call from Rahul Gandhi and he asked me whether we were going to Assam to change the CM. He said we can’t go and called us. At that time, he was not the party president,” Ghulam Nabi Azad stated within the interview.

“As I visited Rahul Gandhi, I saw he was having tea with Tarun Gogoi (then Assam CM) and his son Gaurav Gogoi. Rahul Gandhi told me that he came to know that we were irritating Tarun Gogoi. I told him that I was given this task,” Azad stated.

“I told him that Himanta will be leaving the party. He said jaane do RSS mein. Every time a Congress leader talked of leaving, it was Rahul Gandhi’s taqiya kalam to say — jaane do. He did not even say BJP, he used to say RSS.” Ghulam Nabi Azad stated.

Ghulam Nabi Azad criticised the Congress and Rahul Gandhi as soon as once more forward of the discharge of his memoir ‘Azaad’. In a number of interviews given earlier than the e-book launch, Azad praised PM Modi’s management and drew flak from the Congress.