Guwahati, Oct 31 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that state Congress president and MP Gaurav Gogoi is a “Pakistani agent, planted by foreign power”.
Sarma and the BJP have been alleging Pakistani links of Gogoi through his British wife Elizabeth Colburn, which has been denied by the Congress leader.
“Gaurav Gogoi is a Pakistani agent, he is purely that. He has been planted by foreign power in our country,” Sarma told reporters here on the sidelines of a programme.
Gogoi, the Deputy Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, had earlier claimed that the allegations levelled by the CM were like a “C-grade Bollywood film”, which is going to flop as the people of Assam understand everything.
Sarma also said he will reveal the “evidence” against Gogoi once the investigation into singer Zubeen Garg’s death is completed.
“I am not convening a press conference now to share the evidence, as some will say the Zubeen Garg issue is being diverted… People will also say that I am doing it (acting against Gogoi) due to the election (assembly polls). The amount of evidence I have, he cannot roam around free,” Sarma said.
The polls are due in Assam next year.
Asked about the chief minister’s self-set deadline of September 10 to reveal the “evidence”, he said, “If someone thinks that I don’t have the documents to show, let me tell them… I will do what needs to be done.” Sarma also said Gogoi was welcome to file a defamation case if the allegations were false.
The Assam Cabinet had in February also constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe into “anti-India activities” of Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, who is claimed to have links with Colburn.
The SIT, led by Special DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta, submitted its report to the chief minister on September 10.
The content of the report will soon be made public under the legal process, the CM had said.
Gogoi had also criticised Sarma for making a “mockery” of his position with his actions, asserting that his words “have lost all credibility”. PTI SSG RBT
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