Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shaves or grows his beard based on his advice. Sarma, who switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Congress in 2025, also questioned the ‘red’ book that Rahul Gandhi carried during election campaigns.
In an interview with News Nation channel, Biswa recalled when he commented on Rahul Gandhi's long beard, during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in 2022 by comparing his looks with former Iraqi dictators Saddam Hussein. It was after this comparison, Biswa said, that the Wayanad MP shaved off his beard.
“Coincidentally, as soon as I said that Rahul Gandhi looked like Saddam Hussein, he shaved off his beard, Sarma said adding that he had later called clean-shaved Rahul Gandhi an “Amul boy."
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