Have tea and lunch with me at my house: Kejriwal responds to Himanta Sarma's warning

Days after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma threatened his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal with a defamation case, the AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday invited the former to his house in the national capital to have lunch and tea.

The AAP chief and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann arrived at Guwahati on Sunday. The two leaders are scheduled to address a rally in Guwahati.

Sarma had on Friday warned the Delhi CM that he would file a defamation case against Kejriwal if the Aam Aadmi Party leader makes allegations of 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 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 said such threats by Himanta Sarma are unbecoming of a chief minister and the people of Assam do not threaten their guests.

Kejriwal had reportedly said in the Delhi Assembly that there are cases against Sarma. "People of Assam are very good. They welcome their guests. Himanta Biswa Sarma should learn from them," the Delhi CM said immediately after landing at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here, reacting to Sarma's remarks.

"I invite him (Sarma) to come to Delhi, and have tea and lunch with me at my house. I will also show him around the city. "He had threatened to put me in jail, said he won't let me return. Such threats are unbecoming of a chief minister," Kejriwal said.

The chief ministers of Assam and Delhi have often sparred on Twitter over issues related to education and health.

With inputs from PTI