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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid opposition protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Sarma said that if Congress governments step down, he is prepared to hold fresh assembly elections in Assam using ballot papers. He stated, "If Rahul Gandhi gets rid of the Congress government in Kerala, I am ready. I am prepared to contest an election in Assam using ballot papers." Sarma also demanded that Congress resign in Telangana and Karnataka, ask its ally to quit in Tamil Nadu, and abstain from contesting upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Goa if Gyanesh Kumar remains Chief Election Commissioner.

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00:00Amid the opposition's battle against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar,
00:03Assam Chief Minister has given an open dare to Rahul Gandhi.
00:07He has now asked that first, terminate the governments in the states,
00:11including Kerala, Telangana and Karnataka,
00:14and ask these governments to resign.
00:17Remember, in these states, Congress is in power.
00:20And Himata Viswa Sarma has also asked that,
00:23what about Congress winning states under the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar?
00:27He has dared Rahul Gandhi that don't contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections
00:32if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar continues.
00:35And he has also dared that even ask your ally TVK to resign in Tamil Nadu.
00:41And he has also said that don't even contest the upcoming Goa and Punjab polls
00:45under Gyanesh Kumar as the Chief Election Commissioner.
00:47So, amid the allegations, amid the fight against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
00:52by the opposition, and we've been seeing how they have been protesting in the national capital.
00:56Now, there's this dare by Himata Viswa Sarma, the Assam Chief Minister.
01:01This is an open dare to Rahul Gandhi, in which he has asked that the Keralim,
01:05the Telangana, the Karnataka governments must resign.
01:08Remember, the Congress Party is in power in these states.
01:10In fact, not just that, he's also said that,
01:13why not ask your ally TVK to also resign in Tamil Nadu?
01:18And he's also said that don't even contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Goa, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
01:22if Gyanesh Kumar continues as the Chief Election Commissioner.
01:26Now,
02:08And my colleague Piyush Mishra is now joining us on the story.
02:12Piyush, an open dare from the Assam Chief Minister,
02:15who's hitting back at the opposition for its questions and its fight against the Chief Election Commissioner.
02:21And he's now saying that,
02:22why not terminate the governments in the states where you are ruling,
02:25and why not not contest the elections, the upcoming elections,
02:30if Gyanesh Kumar continues as the Chief Election Commissioner?
02:34Piyush Mishra is a very bold statement coming in from Chief Minister of Assam,
02:40Himantabhi Sattarama,
02:41and he's openly daring Rahul Gandhi and the top leadership of India work,
02:46asking them to resign from the states where they have their respective governments.
02:50He has asked Rahul Gandhi to leave the government of Kerala where the Congress has its government.
03:01He has also asked him to request his ally Farsha in the state of Tamil Nadu,
03:05and that means states to quit as the Chief Minister.
03:08And then Himantabhi Sattarama in the capacity of Chief Minister of Assam will ensure that he finds election
03:13again in the state of Assam and that too on Beret paper.
03:17So it's an open dare coming in from Himantabhi Sattarama.
03:20It remains to be seen how Rahul Gandhi is going to react on this,
03:23or the Congress leaders or other India block leaders are going to react to make a comment coming in from
03:29Himantabhi Sattarama.
03:30But yes, Himantabhi Sattarama is saying, and I quote,
03:33if Rahul Gandhi gets up the Congress government in Kerala,
03:37I am ready, I am prepared to contest an election in Assam using Beret papers.
03:41Now, you know, the big challenge coming in is from Himantabhi Sattarama.
03:46And remember, Gandhi, that this challenge is coming at a time when a lot of protests are taking place in
03:51national capital
03:52where India block leaders are asking for the resignation of Ghanesh Kumar.
03:56And Himantabhi Sattarama is saying that the elections in the state of Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
04:00and other states have happened under the leadership of Ghanesh Kumar as the Chief Election Commissioner.
04:05And Assam elections were also held under Ghanesh Kumar.
04:09So, he is ready to again have elections in Assam.
04:13Rahul Gandhi agrees to quit from the states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and other.
04:19Piyush, do stay with us.
04:21So, that's the opened air from Assam Chief Minister Himantabhi Sattarama given to Rahul Gandhi
04:28that make the Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana governments resign.
04:31And not just that, even the Tamil Nadu government, the TVK government in Tamil Nadu,
04:36asked them also to resign because these were formed under Ghanesh Kumar as the Chief Election Commissioner.
04:41In fact, he's also dead that don't contest the upcoming Assembly elections also.

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