One month before Himanta Biswa Sarma walked into Amit Shah’s residence to join the BJP, the party had published a booklet titled Saga of Scams in Congress-ruled States. It named Himanta a “prime suspect” in a Guwahati water supply bribery scandal. The CBI and Enforcement Directorate had been issuing summons. 

Then he crossed the floor. The summons stopped. In at least two cases, the files eventually went missing. Rumour has it that when Himanta went to Shah, he had asked him to get the agencies off his back. 

Indian politics has always run on defections – floor-crossings are the oldest currency in the game. But this one was barely examined. A........

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