India, June 20 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that more than 5,000 social media accounts, run mostly by Islamic countries, are favouring the Congress party's state unit.

Addressing a press conference, Himanra Sarma claimed that accounts from 47 countries, largely from Pakistan and Bangladesh, have been focusing on the activities of a particular Assam Congress leader and the unit's actions over the past month.

"It is surprising that they do not comment on or like posts by Rahul Gandhi or even the Indian National Congress. They are only focused on a particular leader and the Assam Congress," the Assam CM was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

While Sarma did not name the particular leader of the Congress'...