Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a 'crazy person' and challenged him to make his passport details public.
His scathing remarks come after Rahul Gandhi accused him of 'abusing state power to harass his political opponents and critics'.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had also termed Sarma as the 'most corrupt person' in the country. He had also expressed that the Congress stood with Pawan Khera.
Khera had alleged that the Assam CM's wife has multiple passports and offshore properties, which were not declared in the chief minister's election affidavit. The Sarmas have rejected the allegations as false.
In a post on X, Gandhi had said, "The present CM of Assam is the most corrupt in the country. He will not escape the law. His abuse of state power to harass his political opponents and critics is against the Constitution. The questions that are being raised have to be probed. Transparency, accountability of power and the rule of law are the basis of our Constitutional values. The Congress stands with Pawan Khera. We will not be intimidated."
Responding to reporters' questions over Gandhi's remarks, Sarma said, "Let me make it very clear, neither I nor any member of my family has a golden visa, as alleged. Rahul Gandhi is a crazy person."
"I challenge Rahu Gandhi to present his passport in front of the media, and I will bring mine and those of my family members. Let the media know who is visiting which country," Sarma added.
The Assam chief minister also said that Rahul Gandhi "is not God".
"If I make allegations against him, will he be ready for a probe into those? He should know that others, too, have the right to ask him questions," he expressed.
Asked about the Supreme Court staying the Telangana High Court's order granting Kehra one-week transit anticipatory bail in the case registered for levelling allegations against Sarma's wife, the BJP leader said he was not aware of it.
"However, according to me, the Telangana High Court cannot grant transit bail to Khera as he is not a resident of that state. The law will take its own course," Sarma said.
The senior BJP leader said he would join his party's election campaign in West Bengal from Thursday.
With inputs from PTI
