Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday filed a Rs 500-crore defamation case against senior Congress leaders Jitendra Singh, Bhupesh Baghel and Gaurav Gogoi over “false” and “malicious” allegations made by them over his land holdings. The allegations have spiced up Assam’s political corridors ahead of elections this year.
The development comes after Gogoi, who is the Assam Congress president, claimed last week that a probe by the party revealed that almost 12,000 bighas of land were occupied by Sarma and his family members across the state.
Hours after the charges were made, the Assam Chief Minister announced that he would file a defamation case for making claims without…