Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Arshad Madani claimed he had once asked Congress' Sonia Gandhi not to give a ticket to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma when he was in Congress. "I...asked her not to give...ticket to Himanta...as he had...RSS mentality. Now, he's setting Assam on fire by harassing Muslims," he said. In response, BJP asked, "Do Maulvis decide who gets Congress tickets?"