Overview
- Sujata Gurung Chowdhury said she will pursue a Re 1 defamation suit and a public apology from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after alleging he targeted her during the election campaign.
- She wrote that the chief minister repeatedly named her at rallies and labeled her a “beef eater,” “non-sanatani,” and “anti-India communist,” which she says damaged her reputation and put her family at risk.
- Chowdhury also alleged that photos of her minor children were shared online, which she says heightened safety concerns for her household.
- Before the open letter, she filed a complaint with the National Commission for Women on April 11 accusing the chief minister of false, baseless, and malicious statements following the April 9 polling.
- Her daughter, first-time AJP candidate Kunki Chowdhury, lost the Guwahati Central seat to the BJP’s Vijay Kumar Gupta by 61,921 votes, and there has been no immediate response from the chief minister or the BJP as reports note the suit has not yet been filed.