Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti adviser Akhil Gogoi on Friday dared Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to respond to Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations against him in the multicrore-rupee Saradha case. Sarma responded to Mamata’s allegation through a tweet, “The frivolous & baseless campaign by Mamata didi against me is very painful. And all this happened much much before I joined the BJP.”Sarma joined the BJP in August 2015. Akhil accused the BJP of being an “institution” to convert “chor into chowkidar” (thief to watchman). The party has two pointsmen, Mukul Roy in Bengal and Sarma in Assam, both accused in the Saradha case, to further their cause.

Source: The Telegraph February 08, 2019 18:56 UTC