Days after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma threatened his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal with a defamation suit, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, while in Assam, had a special invitation for him.

“For two days, he has been threatening me that he will put me in jail. Am I a terrorist? I invite Himanta babu to come to my house in Delhi for tea. And if he can make time, also have a meal with me. I will show him around the city, the wonderful work we have done there,” the Delhi CM said after landing at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati.

Sarma had on Friday threatened to file a defamation case against Kejriwal if the latter alleged corruption cases against him outside the assembly. “Is there any FIR or case against me anywhere in the country? I wanted to sue him but like a coward, he spoke inside the assembly,” the Assam CM had said.

“Let Kejriwal come here on April 2 and say that I am corrupt. The next day, I will file a defamation case against him as I have done against (AAP leader) Manish Sisodia,” Sarma had said.

Kejriwal had reportedly said in the Delhi Assembly that there are cases against Sarma.

#WATCH | Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma is threatening to put me in jail. He became CM but hasn’t learned Assam’s culture. People of Assam aren’t like that…They offer tea to their guest. People of Assam don’t send their guest to jail…: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/vPLLM1N040

— ANI (@ANI) April 2, 2023

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also accompanied Kejriwal to Guwahati on Sunday, where the duo addressed a rally. Addressing the rally, Kejriwal promised free electricity and jobs for all youths in Assam if AAP is voted to power in the Northeastern state.

“AAP came to power in Delhi in 2015 and the BJP here in 2016. Today, we have changed the face of Delhi. What has Himanta babu (Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma) done for the state in seven years? Nothing, only dirty politics,” Kejriwal alleged.

Assam: If AAP will win, every child of Assam will get employment. With the speed with which HB Sarma is giving employment, I think it’ll take hundred years to provide jobs to all…Poor will never get education in a state where CM’s wife runs private school.:Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/6n02qLGOBb

— ANI (@ANI) April 2, 2023

Taking a jibe at Sarma for the private school being run by his wife, the Delhi CM said, “In a state where the CM’s wife operates a private school, how can you expect the government to improve government schools?” On Sarma’s threat of suing him if he raised corruption charges against the BJP leader, Kejriwal said his Assam counterpart has not learnt the culture of people of the state, who accord a warm welcome to their guests.