
'Worse than atrocious': Congress slams Assam CM over spokesperson's arrest
The Hindu
Congress criticizes Assam CM for arresting spokesperson over social media post, deeming it "worse than atrocious."
The Congress on Saturday (March 15, 2025) slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the arrest of its Assam unit spokesperson Reetam Singh for a social media post, saying the action was "worse than atrocious".
The Opposition party asserted that Mr. Singh's post, for which he was arrested, was "perfectly reasonable".
"The arrest of my young colleague Reetam Singh for a perfectly reasonable social media post is worse than atrocious Mr. Chief Minister," Congress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said on social media platform X and tagged Mr. Sarma.
Mr. Singh was arrested on Saturday (March 15, 2025) for a social media post enquiring about the status of cases registered against three senior BJP leaders, including a former State chief and a two term MLA.
He was arrested from his home in Guwahati by a team of Lakhimpur district police with assistance from the Guwahati Police.
Lakhimpur Superintendent of Police Mihirjit Gayan told PTI that Mr. Singh was arrested after a complaint by the wife of BJP MLA Manab Deka for a post on X two days ago.
Mr. Singh made a post on X on March 13 with a news report about three individuals being convicted by a court for a rape case in Dhemaji district in 2021.