Overview
- Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he instructed police to register a treason case against the Sribhumi District Congress Committee after a video from an October 27 Seva Dal meeting went viral.
- Earlier, Fishery Minister Krishnendu Paul asked district officials to verify the incident and initiate a formal inquiry, escalating the matter from administrative review to criminal proceedings.
- The video shows senior local leader Vidhu Bhushan Das singing lines from Amar Sonar Bangla at the Congress office in Sribhumi, a Karimganj district town near the Bangladesh border.
- The BJP accuses Congress of vote‑bank politics and pushing a ‘Greater Bangladesh’ agenda, linking the row to a recent controversy over a Bangladesh map on a book cover; social media calls for action intensified the pressure.
- Congress leaders defend the rendition as Rabindra Sangeet rooted in Barak Valley culture, with Gaurav Gogoi citing Tagore’s legacy and Das saying he did not realize the song is Bangladesh’s anthem; the piece was written in 1905 and adopted by Bangladesh in 1971.