Guwahati, Aug. 10 -- Jharkhand BJP chief Babulal Marandi has accused a senior police officer of conspiring to "frame" Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during last year's assembly election.

At the time, CM Sarma was the BJP in-charge for the Jharkhand polls.

Marandi, who also serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, made the serious allegations in a post on X.

He claimed that a senior Jharkhand police officer had twice paid someone to travel to Delhi and Guwahati in an attempt to frame Sarma.

"This will soon be revealed with evidence," Marandi wrote, adding that he would present proof of the conspiracy.

Addressing Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren directly, Marandi asked if the alleged plot had been ca...