I Was Asked to Stop Talking About Minorities by Congress, Claims MLA Sherman Ali

GUWAHATI: Sherman Ali Ahmed, a Baghbor legislator, said on Monday that the Congress party had asked him that if he wished his suspension from the Congress lifted, he needed to cease speaking about minority concerns.

Sherman Ali, a member of Congress, was reportedly suspended for allegedly making "communal and inflammatory" statements. He was also detained for the same reason and is now out on bail.

Sherman Ali now claims that Congress imposed some requirements in order to lift his ban.

APCC president Bhupen Bora has urged Sherman not to talk to the media and has also asked him not to speak about minority concerns, according to Sherman.

"Congress is a secular party," he said, "yet this situation appears to be rather problematic." I'm baffled as to how Bhupen Bora could impose such a stipulation." 

He stated that Bhupen Bora had also told him that if he wanted to speak for minorities, he could join "Asaduddin Owaisi's party."

Sherman went on to say that now that these criteria are in place, he would confer with his constituents before making a final judgement on the matter. "I will leave politics if 51 percent of my constituents beg me to stay in Congress and accept the terms." "However, if the majority requests that I stand by my principles, I will take the subject to the party's top command, and the ball will be in their court," he said. 

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