Final Up to date:October 31, 2025, 23:32 IST
The Assam Chief Minister has repeatedly focused Gogoi and his spouse, Elizabeth Coulburn, previously over alleged hyperlinks with Pakistan.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi | File Picture
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday continued his tirade in opposition to Congress MP from Jorhat, Gaurav Gogoi, and claimed that the latter is a “Pakistani agent, planted by a foreign power”.
The Assam Chief Minister has repeatedly focused Gogoi and his spouse, Elizabeth Coulburn, previously over alleged hyperlinks with Pakistan. In September, Sarma claimed that the SIT probing the alleged Pakistani hyperlinks of the Gogoi household had uncovered “startling facts” suggesting a bigger conspiracy to “undermine India’s sovereignty.”
Gogoi, the Deputy Chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha, had earlier claimed that the allegations levelled by the CM have been like a “C-grade Bollywood film”, which goes to flop because the folks of Assam perceive every part.
Requested concerning the chief minister’s self-set deadline of September 10 to disclose the “evidence”, he stated, “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 additionally stated Gogoi was welcome to file a defamation case if the allegations have been false.
Earlier in February, Sarma had raised questions on a gathering Gaurav Gogoi held 10 years in the past with the then Pakistan Excessive Commissioner to India. The state authorities had fashioned a Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) to probe into the alleged interference of Pakistani nationwide Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, who’s claimed to have hyperlinks with Gogoi’s British spouse Elizabeth Colburn, in India’s inside affairs.
The SIT, led by Particular DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta, had formally submitted its report back to the Chief Minister on September 10.
Gogoi, nonetheless, has vehemently dismissed the allegations in opposition to him and his spouse. The Congress MP had requested Sarma to supply proof for the allegations he was levelling.
Elizabeth Gogoi, born Elizabeth Colebourn within the UK, holds a Grasp’s diploma in Worldwide Political Economic system from the London Faculty of Economics (LSE) and married Gaurav Gogoi in 2013.
She beforehand labored with the Local weather and Improvement Information Community (CDKN). In line with her writer profile on the CDKN web site, the place her final article dates again to 2014, she coordinated the organisation’s work in India and Nepal.Q.
(With inputs from businesses)
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Guwahati [Gauhati], India, India
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October 31, 2025, 23:32 IST
Information politics ‘Planted By Foreign Power’: Himanta Sarma Says Gaurav Gogoi Is ‘100% Pakistani Agent’
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