Guwahati, Sept. 15 -- Former AGP MLA Satyabrata Kalita, who joined the Congress, has been explosive against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Kalita said that Sarma conspired to block then CM Sarbananda Sonowal from retaining the top post in 2021.

He alleged that he was denied a ticket in the 2021 polls "because of his opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and accused AGP of "double standards."

"On one hand, AGP went to the Supreme Court against CAA, and on the other, Rajya Sabha MP Birendra Prasad voted in favour of it. I became the casualty of this hypocrisy," he said.

Standing as a defendatnt, Kalita saidc that regional outfits like AJP and Raijor Dal lacked grassroots presence in his Kamalpur constituency, whil...