Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sparked a political stir on Wednesday with a sharp jibe at the Congress, saying he “doubted if the members of the Congress party are born from their respective mothers’ wombs.”

The remark came while he was addressing a public gathering during the distribution of Rs 10,000 seed funds to over 14,000 women beneficiaries under a state initiative aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and financial independence.

Sarma, known for his fiery rhetoric, accused the Congress of habitually criticising every welfare measure introduced by the BJP government. “I think they are born from a machine because whenever the BJP government provides schemes for women, they start criticising it. Who will criticise their own mother if she receives help? We are all born from o

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