Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi has fired again at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s claims that he has ties with Pakistan, dismissing Sarma’s statements as a “C-grade film” destined to flop.
Sarma not too long ago alleged on social media that Gogoi had visited Pakistan on the invitation of its Ministry of Inside and spent a number of days there.
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“I reiterate, with full authority and duty because the Chief Minister of Assam, that Shri Gaurab Gogoi, Member of Parliament from Assam, visited Pakistan on the invitation of the Ministry of Inside of the Authorities of Pakistan. He spent a number of days there. We’re enquiring additional into the small print surrounding this go to and associated associations,” he mentioned in a submit on X.
I reiterate, with full authority and duty because the Chief Minister of Assam, that Shri Gaurab Gogoi, Member of Parliament from Assam, visited Pakistan on the invitation of the Ministry of Inside of the Authorities of Pakistan. He spent a number of days there. We’re enquiring…
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 18, 2025
When questioned by reporters in Delhi, Gogoi clarified that his spouse, Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi, had briefly lived in Pakistan for a local weather change mission, and he had visited her on the time.
“They’re turning this right into a C-grade Bollywood cinema that can flop badly,” he mentioned, including that if there was any wrongdoing, it ought to have been investigated by central businesses over the last decade of BJP rule.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) May 28, 2025
Gogoi additionally mentioned that that this was an try and defame the occasion and his household to divert the eye of corruption allegations in opposition to his personal self.
Gogoi additional accused Sarma of utilizing this narrative to deflect from corruption allegations in opposition to himself. In response, Sarma doubled down on his fees, saying that Gogoi had “lastly admitted” to visiting Pakistan and warned that “that is only the start, not the tip.”
Lastly , Congress MP Shri Gaurav Gogoi has admitted that he visited Pakistan.
However allow us to be very clear — that is only the start, not the tip.
What lies forward is way extra severe. There exists each affordable floor, supported by credible inputs and documented…— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 28, 2025
In one other tweet, Sarma mentioned that the federal government of Assam was dedicated to transparency and accountability in the direction of its folks.
“The folks of Assam and the nation deserve the reality—and so they shall have it, in full,” Sarma wrote. He additionally attacked the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for selling what he known as a “harmful and compromised particular person” into Indian public life.