Himanta Biswa Sarma’s counterattack on Tejashwi Yadav and Shehzad Poonawala’s statement also came

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday criticised RJD senior leader Tejashwi Yadav for his remarks on the rule of breaking namaz and advised him to practise before preaching. “Tejashwi Yadav is criticising me but I want to ask him…is there any such practice in Bihar? You (Yadav) should have implemented the four-hour break when you were the deputy chief minister of Bihar. Practise it before preaching,” Sarma said.

Yadav had accused Sarma of seeking cheap popularity after the Assam Assembly cancelled the two-hour Jumma holiday on Friday. Tejashwi Yadav told reporters in Patna that the Assam Chief Minister is doing this for cheap popularity. Who is he? He just wants cheap popularity.’ BJP has made Muslims an easy target. Tejashwi Yadav said that the Assam Chief Minister deliberately keeps doing acts that harass Muslims in an attempt to gain cheap popularity and become the “Chinese version of Yogi”. He said that the people of BJP have made Muslim brothers a soft target to spread hatred, attract the attention of Modi-Shah and polarize the society.

He said that people of all religions, except RSS, have a hand in the independence of the country. Our Muslim brothers have made sacrifices in getting the country freedom and as long as we are alive, no one can harm them. BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawala said that Tejashwi Yadav said that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is the ‘Chinese version’. Just because he was born in Assam. Has the soul of Sam Pitroda entered Tejashwi Yadav? … Not respecting the Constitution and insulting every person is the character of the INDI alliance. Rahul Gandhi started his Bharat Jodo Yatra Part 2 from the Northeast itself. He (Rahul Gandhi) should tell whether this is a statement to unite India? … On this, Rahul Gandhi and Gaurav Gogoi should tell when they (Congress) will break ties with RJD?