<p>Assam minister Pijush Hazarika on Tuesday said that Jharkhand Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal met Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in New Delhi five days before filing the FIR, in which he alleged that three other MLAs tried to lure him to meet Sarma for toppling the Congress-led government.</p>.<p>Hazarika, who is said to be close to Sarma further said that Assam CM had taken Jaimangal to union coal minister Prahlad Joshi and met him at 9 am on July 26 in order to help him in his trade union-related matter.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/money-in-possession-of-jharkhand-mlas-had-source-in-kolkata-trio-part-of-bigger-game-plan-1132312.html" target="_blank">'Money in possession of Jharkhand MLAs had source in Kolkata, trio part of bigger game plan'</a></strong></p>.<p>"Mr.@KumarJaimangal has been regularly meeting HCM Dr.@himantabiswa sir. He should face the law for making a fraudulent allegation against Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam and against those tribal MLAs," Hazarika tweeted on Tuesday morning. He also posted four photographs of the meeting on Twitter.</p>.<p>Sarma, too, in a tweet on Tuesday called the FIR fake. “The so-called FIR looks like @INCIndia asking Ottavio Quattrocchi to file a case against Bofors,” Sarma tweeted while sharing Hazarika’s tweets.</p>.<p>Both Sarma and Hazarika switched from Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party together in 2015. Hazarika is now a minister in charge of parliamentary affairs, information and public relations, water resources and others.</p>.<p>Jaimangal, on Sunday, filed an FIR at Ranchi, alleging that three Congress MLAs, Rajesh Kacchap, Naman Bixal Kongari and Irfan Ansari called him to Kolkata to meet Sarma in Guwahati to discuss how to topple the Congress-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha government.</p>.<p>The FIR was filed after the three MLAs were arrested in Kolkata with cash. Jaimangal claimed the three MLAs offered him Rs 10 crore, and a ministerial berth, in the BJP-led government to be formed. Jaimangal further said that the three MLAs told him that Sarma had the “blessings” of top BJP leaders in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Sarma, on Sunday, stated that he has known Jaimangal for more than 20 years, as he was also in Congress. “Many top leaders in Congress in Delhi are also in touch with me. Being someone who was in Congress for so many years, I meet Congress leaders when I am in Delhi, and they also meet me when they visit Assam. Where is the harm?” Sarma said, reacting to the FIR lodged by Jaimangal.</p>.<p>However, opposition parties in Assam started attacking Sarma saying that the chief minister was “expert in engineering defections” and toppling governments. They claimed that Sarma played an important role in toppling the Uddhav Thackery-led government in Maharashtra, and in moving the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, led by Eknath Shinde, to a Guwahati hotel.</p>
<p>Assam minister Pijush Hazarika on Tuesday said that Jharkhand Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal met Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in New Delhi five days before filing the FIR, in which he alleged that three other MLAs tried to lure him to meet Sarma for toppling the Congress-led government.</p>.<p>Hazarika, who is said to be close to Sarma further said that Assam CM had taken Jaimangal to union coal minister Prahlad Joshi and met him at 9 am on July 26 in order to help him in his trade union-related matter.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/money-in-possession-of-jharkhand-mlas-had-source-in-kolkata-trio-part-of-bigger-game-plan-1132312.html" target="_blank">'Money in possession of Jharkhand MLAs had source in Kolkata, trio part of bigger game plan'</a></strong></p>.<p>"Mr.@KumarJaimangal has been regularly meeting HCM Dr.@himantabiswa sir. He should face the law for making a fraudulent allegation against Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam and against those tribal MLAs," Hazarika tweeted on Tuesday morning. He also posted four photographs of the meeting on Twitter.</p>.<p>Sarma, too, in a tweet on Tuesday called the FIR fake. “The so-called FIR looks like @INCIndia asking Ottavio Quattrocchi to file a case against Bofors,” Sarma tweeted while sharing Hazarika’s tweets.</p>.<p>Both Sarma and Hazarika switched from Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party together in 2015. Hazarika is now a minister in charge of parliamentary affairs, information and public relations, water resources and others.</p>.<p>Jaimangal, on Sunday, filed an FIR at Ranchi, alleging that three Congress MLAs, Rajesh Kacchap, Naman Bixal Kongari and Irfan Ansari called him to Kolkata to meet Sarma in Guwahati to discuss how to topple the Congress-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha government.</p>.<p>The FIR was filed after the three MLAs were arrested in Kolkata with cash. Jaimangal claimed the three MLAs offered him Rs 10 crore, and a ministerial berth, in the BJP-led government to be formed. Jaimangal further said that the three MLAs told him that Sarma had the “blessings” of top BJP leaders in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Sarma, on Sunday, stated that he has known Jaimangal for more than 20 years, as he was also in Congress. “Many top leaders in Congress in Delhi are also in touch with me. Being someone who was in Congress for so many years, I meet Congress leaders when I am in Delhi, and they also meet me when they visit Assam. Where is the harm?” Sarma said, reacting to the FIR lodged by Jaimangal.</p>.<p>However, opposition parties in Assam started attacking Sarma saying that the chief minister was “expert in engineering defections” and toppling governments. They claimed that Sarma played an important role in toppling the Uddhav Thackery-led government in Maharashtra, and in moving the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, led by Eknath Shinde, to a Guwahati hotel.</p>
