The opposition Congress on Friday slammed Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claiming that he was indulging in communal politics by dividing Hindus and Muslims in the state.
The Barpeta District Youth Congress also lodged an FIR against the minister for his alleged "communal statements".
"Sarma is Assam's Jinnah. Himanta Biswa Sarma is following Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah partitioning India on the basis of Muslims and Hindus," Congress leader and former Assam minister Pradyut Bordoloi said at a press conference.
Once cabinet colleagues before the finance minister moved to the BJP from Congress, Mr Bordoloi accused Mr Sarma of playing communal politics and creating a division between Hindus and Muslims in Assam.
"BJP wants to implement the Citizenship Amendment Bill only to create a permanent vote bank," he alleged.