Guwahati, March 15 -- The Congress party on Saturday slammed AssamChief MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarmaover the arrest of a State Congress spokesperson Reetam Singh for a social media post.

CongressCommunication Chief Jairam Ramesh, in a post on social media platform X, termed the arrest of Singh as "worse than atrocious".

The Congress party stated that Singh's post, for which he was arrested, was "perfectly reasonable".

"The arrest of my young colleague Reetam Singh for a perfectly reasonable social media post is worse than atrocious, Mr. Chief Minister," Ramesh said.

Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh said on X and tagged Assam Chief Minister Sarma.

Singh was arrested on Saturday for a social media po...