‘Senior Congress leaders took biscuits from the identical plate as Rahul Gandhi’s canine Pidi’: Assam CM

Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP chief and the brand new Chief Minister of Assam, has acknowledged in an interview to Indian Express that he’s grateful to Congress prince Rahul Gandhi for ignoring him and shunting him out of the Congress celebration, an insult that finally led him to go away Congress and grow to be the Chief Minister of Assam.
Speaking to Indian Express, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned, “I am grateful to Rahul Gandhi. I would not have become the Chief Minister of Assam and served the state, had he not shunted me out of the Congress party. So, if I am today in this position, that also because of its famous meeting and also because of the fact that Rahul Gandhi did not appreciate I being in the Congress party”.
The Chief Minister of Assam remembered the notorious assembly of his with Rahul Gandhi, through which the Gandhi-scion was busy taking part in along with his pet canine ‘Pidi’.
In the run-up to the 2016 Assam meeting polls, Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was nonetheless within the Congress celebration, had met Rahul Gandhi to debate Assam’s issues.
However, the Congress VP was busy taking part in along with his canine good friend and had paid no consideration to regional leaders from the North-Eastern state. After ready for lengthy in useless, an affronted Himanta Biswa Sarma had left the celebration and joined BJP, serving to the celebration come to energy in Assam.

Congress leaders had been habituated to being insulted and ignored by Rahul Gandhi: Sarma
Remembering the assembly, Himanta Biswa Sharma additionally revealed how Congress leaders had been habituated to such humiliations meted out to them by the Gandhi-Parivar.
Narrating one other incident from the identical assembly, Sarma revealed that the Congress leaders feared Gandhi a lot that they ate biscuits from the identical plate that had served biscuits to Rahul Gandhi’s canine ‘Pidi’. Sarma famous that a number of Congress leaders, together with former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi, had visited Rahul Gandhi to apprise him of the political developments within the state.
However, Rahul Gandhi was busy taking part in along with his canine good friend ‘Pidi’ and ignored the state leaders. Biscuits from the identical plate got to the canine and had been offered to the visiting congress leaders, mentioned Sarma.
Remembering the incident, Sarma mentioned to Indian Express that, “We were served with tea and biscuit, the dog went up to the table and picked up one biscuit from the table. Rahul looked at me and smiled at me. I was thinking why he is smiling, I was waiting for Rahul Gandhi to press the calling bell and ask someone to change the plate.”
Shockingly, Tarun Gogoi and different Congress leaders took the biscuit from the identical plate, mentioned Rahul Gandhi.
“After some time, I saw Congress leaders Joshi, Gogoi all taking the biscuits from the same plate and started eating. I was not a frequent visitor, and then I realised that this is normal for everybody as it happens in every meeting. That day I decided that enough is enough and decided that I cannot stay with that person (Rahul Gandhi),” added Himanta Biswa Sarma, narrating the expertise from the notorious assembly.
Second assembly with Rahul Gandhi
According to Sarma, the notorious assembly with Rahul Gandhi was not a standalone occasion that highlighted the apathy of the Gandhis. He mentioned that the assembly was a end result of a number of conferences that had been held for over a 12 months within the run-up to the 2016 Assam elections. The former Congress chief mentioned that he had held a number of conferences with Sonia Gandhi, who was then the President of the celebration, Ahmed Patel and different Congress leaders.
Himanta Biswa Sharma mentioned that he resigned after the ‘Pidi’ episode and met Sonia Gandhi, who requested him to satisfy Rahul Gandhi another time. So, upon her request, Sarma met Rahul Gandhi as soon as once more at Tughlaq Road residence. Sarma mentioned that he didn’t communicate in regards to the assembly in public because it was “very, very disgusting”.
“If I raised some issue in the meeting, Rahul Gandhi would say, “So What?” His typical reply for each assertion was the identical. I used to be there for 20 minutes with him, and I heard the phrase “So What?” greater than 50 instances. It is a feudal tradition,” Sarma famous.
PM Modi suggested me to introduce an idea just like the ‘Zero Hour’ within the cabinet to take heed to inner criticism
In his interview, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had suggested him to introduce an idea just like the ‘Zero Hour’ throughout the cabinet conferences to know the adverse suggestions in regards to the authorities.
“In the Cabinet, ministers will compile all the negative feedback (collected from MLAs) and give it to a senior minister. Then I will join the Cabinet, and the senior minister will explain only the negative feedback about the government so that we can immediately take remedial action,” Sarma mentioned.
The Assam Chief Minister Sarma mentioned the Prime Minister had learnt this from his expertise because the Chief Minister in Gujarat.
“Modiji said he did it in Gujarat, so I should start that practice in Assam. He said, “Achcha bolne wala toh tumko bahut milega, lekin burai suno, tabhi you will be able to rectify”, he mentioned.
“He listens to negative feedback, he rather encourages it,” Sarma pointed.
Himanta Sarma met Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday for the primary time after taking oath as Assam’s Chief Minister.