Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi has fired back at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s claims that he has ties with Pakistan, dismissing Sarma’s statements as a “C-grade movie” destined to flop.
Sarma recently alleged on social media that Gogoi had visited Pakistan at the invitation of its Ministry of Interior and spent several days there.
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“I reiterate, with full authority and responsibility as the Chief Minister of Assam, that Shri Gaurab Gogoi, Member of Parliament from Assam, visited Pakistan at the invitation of the Ministry of Interior of the Government of Pakistan. He spent several days there. We are enquiring further into the details surrounding this visit and related associations,” he said in a post on X.
I reiterate, with full authority and responsibility as the Chief Minister of Assam, that Shri Gaurab Gogoi, Member of Parliament from Assam, visited Pakistan at the invitation of the Ministry of Interior of the Government of Pakistan. He spent several days there. We are enquiring…
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 18, 2025
When questioned by reporters in Delhi, Gogoi clarified that his wife, Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi, had briefly lived in Pakistan for a climate change project, and he had visited her at the time.
“They are turning this into a C-grade Bollywood cinema that will flop badly,” he said, adding that if there was any wrongdoing, it should have been investigated by central agencies during the last decade of BJP rule.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) May 28, 2025
Gogoi also said that that this was an attempt to defame the party and his family to divert the attention of corruption allegations against his own self.
Gogoi further accused Sarma of using this narrative to deflect from corruption allegations against himself. In response, Sarma doubled down on his charges, saying that Gogoi had “finally admitted” to visiting Pakistan and warned that “this is just the beginning, not the end.”
Finally , Congress MP Shri Gaurav Gogoi has admitted that he visited Pakistan.
But let us be very clear — this is just the beginning, not the end.
What lies ahead is far more serious. There exists every reasonable ground, supported by credible inputs and documented…— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 28, 2025
In another tweet, Sarma said that the government of Assam was committed to transparency and accountability towards its people.
“The people of Assam and the nation deserve the truth—and they shall have it, in full,” Sarma wrote. He also attacked the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for promoting what he called a “dangerous and compromised individual” into Indian public life.
