'Who knows if Pakistan's atom bomb….?' Himanta Biswa Sarma's sharp retort to Mani Shankar Aiyar

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma responded to Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's controversial remarks on Pakistan's atom bomb and said that India's neighbour doesn't even have money to pay salaries and nobody is sure if their atom bomb will work. Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed confidence that the BJP will win 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. 

"Mani Shankar Aiyar has said that Pakistan has an atom bomb, but how will you believe it? As the country does not have money to pay salaries, buy petrol, buy food grains. may have had an atom bomb at one time, but it may not have been maintained, so who knows whether the bomb will work now or not?," the Assam CM said.

Himanta Biswa Sarma's remarks came days after senior Congress leader faced BJP's ire over his comments on Pakistan, where he vouched for peaceful relations with India's neighbour as both countries have atom bomb. 

“They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation. You can talk tough with them (Pakistan). But start the dialogue. You are walking with a gun, which yielded you nothing. Tensions are escalating. And if a mad person comes there, what will happen to the nation? They have an . We also possess the atomic bomb. But if a mad person detonates our bomb at Lahore station, so within eight seconds, eight moments, its radioactivity will reach Amritsar," reported ANI, quoting Aiyar.

While speaking on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal getting interim bail to campaign in , Himanta Biswa Sarma said memory loss is a symptom of spending two months in jail, and Delhi CM spent time with dreaded criminals in Tihar jail. 

"We are confident that we are going to get 400 (seats). Kejriwal ji was in jail for 52 days and dreaded