Senior BJP leader and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has filed a ₹500 crore defamation suit against Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Jitendra Singh and Bhupesh Baghel. The development came after Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi alleged that Himanta's family had grabbed around 12,000 bighas of land across the state. Assam CM has termed the allegations "false".