Sujata Gurung Chowdhury, the mother of Kunki Chowdhury, a candidate from the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) party, announced her intention to file a ₹1 (roughly $0.01 USD) defamation lawsuit against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. This decision comes after Sarma made derogatory comments about her during the recent State Assembly election campaign, where she claims he labeled her a 'beef eater' and 'non-Sanatani', aiming to politically target her daughter. Chowdhury lost the election to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Vijay Kumar Gupta by 61,921 votes. In her open letter posted on social media, Chowdhury expressed her outrage over Sarma's remarks, stating they were made with 'mala fide intention' and endangered her family's safety. She previously approached the National Commission for Women, accusing Sarma of making 'false, baseless, and malicious' statements. Chowdhury insists that every citizen has the right to their own culture, religion, and food habits, asserting that her fight for dignity will continue despite Sarma's electoral victory.