India, March 16 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma traded barbs on social media after the arrest of Assam Congress spokesperson Reetam Singh in Guwahati.

Ramesh called the arrest "worse than atrocious," while Sarma defended the move, citing legal grounds.

"The arrest of my young colleague Reetam Singh (@SinghReetam) for a perfectly reasonable social media post is worse than atrocious Mr. Chief Minister @himantabiswa," Ramesh wrote in his post on X.

Sarma hit back at Ramesh, accusing Ramesh and the Congress of justifying offensive remarks against a Dalit woman's husband. He also warned of an impending "big revelation" linking a senior Congress leader, Gaurav Gogoi, to ISI and Pakistan. The Assa...