India, July 16 -- Congress leader and the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that his party will overthrow the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Assam in the coming assembly election next year and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma would be in prison for corruption. Sharma hit back saying Gandhi was conveniently forgetting that he himself is out on bail in multiple criminal cases registered across the country.

"Your chief minister thinks of himself as the king of Assam. And he is busy round the clock trying to give away your earnings and land to Adani and Ambani. But if you listen to and hear him closely, you will notice a fear in his voice," Gandhi said in a party workers meeting in Chaygaon, 4...