New Delhi: Left leaders had approached the Supreme Court regarding the hearing against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in which action has been requested against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a video circulated on social media. On this matter, the Supreme Court on Tuesday has agreed to consider the petition of leftist leaders for listing. In this video, Himanta Biswa Sarma was seen aiming a rifle towards people of a particular community. However, later this video was removed from social media.
Referring to the impending assembly elections in Assam, the Supreme Court said that the problem is that some part of the elections is fought in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice N. Taking cognizance of the arguments of lawyer Nizam Pasha, a bench led by V. Anjaria said that it will consider listing the petition.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday filed a defamation case against Congress leaders Jitendra Singh, Bhupesh Baghel and Gaurav Gogoi. He said that these leaders have made false, ill-intentioned and defamatory allegations against him. In a post on
Pasha appeared on behalf of some leaders of the Communist Party of India and the Marxist Communist Party. He said before the bench that we request this court to immediately intervene regarding the worrying statements made by the current Chief Minister of Assam and a video posted recently. Complaints have been lodged in this regard, but no FIR has been registered yet. On this the Chief Justice said that the problem is that as soon as the elections come, a part of the election is fought in the Supreme Court. This is the problem. We will look into the matter and give a date.