Assam CM's attempt to block 'Nyay Yatra' benefitting us: Rahul Gandhi

Hours after Congress workers clashed with Guwahati cops after not being allowed to enter the Assamese city, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's attempts to scuttle Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra are only helping the movement gain more publicity.

"Whatever the Assam CM is doing against the Yatra, it benefits the Yatra. The publicity that we might have not got, by doing this the Assam CM & Union Home Minister Amit Shah are helping us. Now, the main issue in Assam is the Yatra...It is their intimidation tactics...Our message of Nyay is reaching the people..."

Meanwhile, the Assamese CM has ordered the state police to file a case against the Congress MP for provoking the crowd, and calling the ruckus during the yatra “naxalite tactics alien to