New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday (May 1) filed multiple police complaints against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, accusing him of making derogatory remarks against women during the ongoing campaigning for panchayat elections.During the panchayat election rallies, Sarma had mentioned a witness’s statement from the report of the Justice (Retd) Biplab Kumar Sharma Commission that was probing irregularities in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) examinations in 2013 and 2014, when the Congress was in power in the state.Sarma had said the witness’s statement stated that women “had to adopt a wrong path” to get jobs during the Congress regime, reported Press Trust of India.“District Congress presidents and other leaders filed complaints at their local police stations, condemning the chief minister for making comments that allegedly malign the character of Assamese women,” said Congress spokesperson Monalisa Baruah Hazarika.Hazarika added that the Congress demanded legal action against the Chief Minister under relevant provisions of the BNS.Metropolitan District Congress president Gopal Chandra Sharma told reporters in Guwahati that the “chief minister’s remarks casting doubt on the chastity of Assam’s women reflect a deeply regressive and distasteful mindset”.“If there were any irregularity, the current chief minister should also be held accountable,” added Sharma, pointing to the fact that during the time of the alleged irregularities, Chief Minister Sarma, who then was in the Congress, was himself an influential minister and part of the state’s cabinet.