Jignesh Mevani, a Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader who was arrested by Assam police in Gujarat two weeks ago and released on bail on Friday, slammed the BJP on his arrival in Gujarat on Tuesday. When a legislator was 'kidnapped,' Mevani called the state 'useless' for doing 'nothing,' and his arrest by Assam Police was an 'insult' to the people of Gujarat.

"I would like to tell the Gujarat government that you are so 'nikamma' (useless)… that you could do nothing when Assam Police came to Gujarat to trample upon its pride. You should be ashamed of it. Assam Police kidnapping an MLA from Gujarat and taking him to Assam is an insult to 6.5 crore people of Gujarat," Mevani, an independent lawmaker from Vadgam, said in Ahmedabad.

During his address, he also requested state residents to take an oath to never vote for the BJP again and to never attend a meeting of the RSS, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor. Mevani also criticized the Assam government for failing to apologize to him.

"Instead of feeling ashamed over the observation made by the (Assam) court (that) questioned its conscience and reviewed its character, it came out with a stay order - so as not to publish that review order (of the lower court). But it is not yet ready to say sorry," he declared.

Mevani arrived in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on Tuesday evening to a rapturous welcome from his supporters. Upon his arrival, he thanked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition party leaders from Gujarat and Assam for their support throughout his imprisonment.

Mevani was widely expected to join the Congress last year, but he declined due to 'technical difficulties.' He did, however, extend his support to the party and is expected to run on a Congress ticket in this year's Gujarat assembly election.

Mevani was arrested on April 21 by police from Assam's Kokrajhar over alleged offensive tweets against prime minister Narendra Modi. He was brought to Assam. He was granted bail four days later but re-arrested less than an hour later - this time over allegations of assaulting a woman police officer. He was granted bail in the second case on April 29.