A video that showed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appearing to shoot at framed photographs of Muslims, has drawn massive criticism from the Opposition, which termed it a “call to genocide”. The video – posted on social media by the state BJP and deleted after it caused an uproar – showed Sarma shooting a framed photograph of Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi in a skullcap and a Muslim man. The wall the photo was hung on bore the words “No mercy”. The post was captioned “Point blank shot”.
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