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The societal media sparring betwixt Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Karnataka IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge continued connected Tuesday (October 28, 2025), with Mr. Kharge terming Mr. Sarma’s comments “politically rabid.” The spat that began implicit the determination of semiconductor companies has implicit the past fewer days taken respective twists and turns.
Citing an X station by Mr. Sarma that was posted successful March 2024, Mr. Kharge pointed retired that by the former’s ain admission, thousands of Assamese were being trained successful Bengaluru.
“Dear CM @himantabiswa, I anticipation you retrieve your remarks past twelvemonth astir the endowment excavation successful Assam. By your ain admission, thousands of Assamese are being trained successful Bengaluru. I’m gladsome Karnataka’s ecosystem is capable to enactment the younker of Assam. A elemental “thank you” would person sufficed alternatively of the governmental rabid comments,” Mr. Kharge wrote connected X.
The minister’s crisp effect comes aft Mr. Sarma called him “a first-class idiot” successful effect to a question by the media connected Monday (October 27, 2025).
‘Insult to Assamese youth’
It each began with Mr. Kharge telling a media location that the Central authorities was “arm-twisting” semiconductor companies to divert investments, intended for Karnataka, to Assam and Gujarat, some BJP-ruled states. He questioned whether either of the States had endowment for specified industries.
In retaliation, Mr. Sarma alleged that Mr. Kharge had insulted the younker of Assam. “He has said that Assam doesn’t person educated, competent youth. That is an insult to full Assamese youth,” helium told mediapersons.
‘Words twisted’
To this, Mr. Kharge responded that the Assam Chief Minister and the BJP were twisting his words. “My connection is wide and precise specific, it was astir however semiconductor companies were being pressured to acceptable up successful Gujarat and Assam, adjacent erstwhile they had expressed a wide involvement successful Karnataka due to the fact that of our engineering endowment and established ecosystem,” helium wrote connected X.
Mr. Kharge further pointed retired that adjacent aft astir a decennary of BJP rule, Assam ranks among the bottommost 5 States successful improvement indicators similar health, acquisition and economical growth. “...Instead of trying to whitewash his failures by giving my statements a governmental spin, the Chief Minister should inquire himself what he’s done for the young radical of his state. Why are they leaving Assam to find enactment elsewhere?” helium wrote.
Offering enactment to Mr. Kharge, Ramesh Babu, Congress’s communications chief, termed Mr. Sarma’s words an “affront to the radical of Karnataka, Kannadigas and Dalits.”
‘Dynasty jab’
On October 27, Amit Malviya, in-charge of BJP’s National IT Department, besides turned his guns connected Mr. Kharge and accused him of being liable for Karnataka losing retired to others.
“Under the alleged Minister of Electronics, IT & BT, Karnataka has mislaid retired connected Google’s $15 cardinal information centre concern — which has present gone to Vizag. Not conscionable that, 2 semiconductor units, bringing successful billions of dollars, person chosen Assam and Gujarat alternatively of Karnataka. Yet, the 12th walk (or possibly 10th — his ain affidavits differ!) Kharge Junior believes nary 1 other has talent! What precisely is his talent, isolated from being the lad of a rubber-stamp Congress President?” helium wrote connected X.
Mr. Kharge deed backmost saying that the lone crushed Gujarat is getting the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem is due to the fact that the Prime Minister has been poaching investments and investors meant for Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
“Even 1 of your ain NDA ministers had questioned the logic of giving a $2 cardinal subsidy for a task creating conscionable 5,000 jobs — that’s astir ₹3.2 crore spent per job! Where precisely is Gujarat getting this benignant of “divine support”? BTW, this dynasty jab of yours is becoming stale. If you genuinely person the courage, statesman your crusade against dynasties wrong your ain enactment — commencement with the Karnataka BJP Chief and his member oregon possibly with the Raksha Mantri’s kin. Lastly, if your non-biological paw-paw tin person Parmatma’s krupa for technology, wherefore can’t I? Go figure,” helium wrote connected X.
