Guwahati, April 30 -- Assam Mahila Congress leaders on Wednesday staged a protest in Guwahati against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks that women had to compromise their chastity to secure government jobs during the previous Congress regime.

The protest, held at Rajiv Bhawan, saw Congress women leaders burning an effigy of the Chief Minister and demanding an apology for what they termed as derogatory comments.

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhupen Kumar Borah had earlier condemned Sarma's statement, which was made during a campaign for the ongoing panchayat elections.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Borah wrote, "Yesterday, BJP's most foul-mouthed CM @HimantaBiswa made an outrageous comment. He ...