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Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa over the attack on senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's car and said that the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra came under attack because Sarma is chela' (disciple) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Addressing the public in Nagaon, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will cross 15 States. The yatra before this was undertaken from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. At that time, no stone-pelting occurred anywhere. No attempts were made to scare us. Why is this happening in Assam? Because he (Assam CM) is the 'chela' of PM Modi. He listens to what Shah has to say. He scares the Dalits, minorities, and backward classes of the country. By scaring people, he is working on the next election."

Earlier today, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that his vehicle was attacked by BJP workers in Assam's Jumugurihat during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.

The Congress leader said that he maintained his composure and waved to the "hooligans," who he claimed were part of an "unruly BJP crowd," and blamed state Chief Minister Himanta Sarma for the "attack".

Meanwhile, Kharge stated that the party will take "appropriate legal action" against the "BJP stooges".

"It (BJP) wants to subjugate their voices, thereby hijacking Democracy. Congress Party will not be cowed down by this tactic of attack and intimidation employed by the BJP Government in Assam, which is responsible for this. Congress party shall take appropriate legal action against these BJP stooges. Our fight and Shri @RahulGandhi's commitment for People's NYAY is unstoppable," Kharge said in a post on 'X'.

Condemning the incident, Mallikarjun Kharge said that his party will not be "cowed down" by these attacks and "intimidation" by the BJP in Assam.

"We strongly condemn the shameful attack on the #BharatJodoNyayYatra vehicles and tearing of Congress party's banners and posters by BJP goons in Lakhimpur, Assam. In the last 10 years, BJP has attempted to trample and demolish every right and justice guaranteed by the Constitution to the people of India," he said.