Congress slams Assam CM for the arrest of State spokesperson

Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh, in a post on social media platform X, saying the action was “worse than atrocious”

The Congress on Saturday (March 15, 2025) criticised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the arrest of a State Congress spokesperson for a social media post.

Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh, in a post on social media platform X, 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,” Mr. Ramesh said.

Congress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said on 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 Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including a former State chief and two serving MLAs.

He was arrested from his home in Guwahati by a team of Lakhimpur district police with assistance from the Guwahati Police.

“A team of Lakhimpur police have come to Guwahati to take custody of Congress spokesperson @SinghReetam. When I went to his residence. I saw how he was brutally dragged away and was not allowed to speak to me,” Congress’ Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said in a post on X

On March 13, Mr. Singh post on X, tagged a news report about three individuals being convicted by a court for a rape case in Dhemaji district in 2021.

Published - March 15, 2025 10:12 pm IST