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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma apologised for uploading a post with casteist remarks on his social media platforms saying that his team made an "incorrect translation" of a verse from the Bhagavad Gita. Sarma in a post on X and Facebook on Thursday night said that he uploads one verse of Bhagavad Gita every morning on his social media handles, which have posted 668 Slokas till date. Also Read: https://www.thehawk.in/posts/lalan-singh-offers-resignation-as-party-president-at-jdu-national-executive-nitish-kumar-set-to-return-as-party-boss [https://www.thehawk.in/posts/lalan-singh-offers-resignation-as-party-president-at-jdu-national-executive-nitish-kumar-set-to-return-as-party-boss] "Recently one of my team members posted a sloka from Chapter 18 verse 44 with an incorrect translation. As soon as I noticed the mistake, I promptly deleted the post... If the deleted post has offended anyone, I sincerely apologise," he said. https://twitter.com/himantabiswa/status/1740387789361803379? [https://twitter.com/himantabiswa/status/1740387789361803379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1740387789361803379%7Ctwgr%5E59a6d60763edfc37689b5b03e392d77de5c720da%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanherald.com%2Findia%2Fassam%2Fassam-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-apologises-for-now-deleted-casteist-post-2828876] The Chief Minister stressed that Assam reflects a "perfect picture" of a casteless society due to the reform movement led by Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. On December 26, Sarma had uploaded an audio-visual post on his social media handles like X and Facebook that he claimed to be from Sloka 44 of Sanyas Yoga from the 18th chapter of Gita. The animated video stated that "farming, cow-rearing and comm ...
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