Guwahati, Aug 30: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday proposed five national capitals, one for each zone, to end regional disparity in the country.

The senior BJP leader, in a series of tweets, continued his tirade against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, with whom he has been engaged in a war of words on Twitter. “Having been engaged in a dialogue with Delhi CM Shri @ArvindKejriwal, who’s by now in habit of mocking at other states, I’m of the view that we should work on curing the disease of disparity, and not mock poor states. Can we have 5 Capitals of India, one in every zone?” Sarma tweeted.

This will ensure, govts like Delhi do not have huge wealth at their disposal vis a vis North East and states from East. And of of course what we’ve been doing in health, education, communication with blessings of our PM Shri @narendramodi Ji was unheard of in last 75 years. 2/3

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 29, 2022

Later, speaking to the media to explain his stand, Sarma said, “The issue is Delhi is the capital of India and in the prosperity of Delhi, people from across the country have contributed including people from Assam… Delhi’s GDP is Rs. 14 lakh crore and they run 1200 schools, our DGP is Rs. 5 lakh crores and we run over 40,000 schools. So people like Kejriwal should take a lot of time to understand this country, they don’t know this country… So I have tweeted, country should have five capitals, one in each zone, then Delhi CM will never mock NE States.”