Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a "morally corrupt politician", recalling his 2013 opposition to an amendment of a bill that would have allowed a convicted MP to remain a parliamentarian.
Himanta Sarma said the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had tried to bring the amendment, but Rahul Gandhi "denounced him publicly" and "tore" a copy of the ordinance.
"And now, Congress President Mallikarjun Khagde is demanding that convicted MP's should not be disqualified," he said.
"Rather than growing a spine, he is misguiding Kharge to protest against his own stand, which he had taken in 2013. I have not seen a politician in this country so morally corrupt like Rahul Gandhi," Himanta Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of a programme here.
Rahul Gandhi should tell people of the country he stands for the cause that a convicted MP/MLA should be disqualified immediately, the chief miniser said.
The former Congress president was recently convicted by a Surat court in a defamation case and subsequently disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP.
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