The war of words between the main Minister of Assam Himanta Bisw Sarma and a member of the Parliament of Congress (MP) Gaurav Gogoi escaped and became personal.
Sarma, the leader of the party Bharatiya Janata (BJP), who has targeted Gogoi over his wife, Elizabeth Colburn, nationality has been equal to a new accusation for some time that he is receiving a salary from Pakistan, and that she and their children are not Indian citizens. The Congress MP responded and wondered if the main minister was ready to face questions about his wife and children.
“Will you have questions about your own children and wife?” Gogoi asked in post X and replied to Sarm’s accusation of his Pakistani visit and the connection of his wife with a Pakistani NGO.
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“What is the status of your wife citizenship and your two children? Are they Indian citizens or hold any other countries?” Sarma asked in the post.
24th April, Sarma made great demands on Gogoi without the name of the leader of Congress, and claimed that he had spent 15 days in Islamabad without informing the state government. He also claimed that the wife of a deputy who worked in Delhi had received a salary from Pakistan for three years.
Sarma said the matter was investigated by a special investigative team (SIT) and evidence was found against the wife of the deputy.
While Sarma accused Gogoia’s wife of having Pakistani connection For several months, the comments on Thursday assumed meaning when it happened in the middle of the growing tension between India and Pakistan after a terrorist attack in Pahalgam Jammu and Kashmir Pahalgam District of April 22, who killed 26 civilians, mostly tourists.
Who is Elizabeth Colburn?
Elizabeth Colburn, an academic for international affairs, was born in the UK and in 2013 she married Gaurav Gogoi, a member of the Jorhat congress in Assam.
The controversy escalated in February this year, when Sarma shared a photo of the Gaurav Gogoi meeting in 2015, then the Pakistani High Commissioner Abdula Basit in the Pakistani High Commission in Nový Delhi.
Sarma asked why the Indian deputy worked with Pakistani officials at a time when he was not part of the parliamentary committee for external affairs.
Gogoi rejected the accusations as politically motivated and described them as “ridiculous”. Accused the BJP of diverting attention from the accusations of corruption against the government of Assam. Congress Secretary General Jairam Ramesh also rejected the claim and called them a “cruel campaign”.
Ed raids in Assam
Previously, Gogoi, a representative of the leader of the Congress at Lok Sabha, said that the Directorate for enforcement “revealed Assam’s illegal coal empire”.
” £1.58 crore cash seized. False invoices. 1200 tons of illegal coal extracted daily in Margherita, Yogighopa, Guwahati. Everyone under the nose of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, who constantly denied illegal mining, ”he said in a post on X.
“Is this prey perhaps without government protection? Who is Assam’s real Syndicate of Raja? When Ed Raids & HC summoning reveals the truth, how long is CM behind denial?” he asked.
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Sarma replied by saying that the comments of the Congress deputy revealed the position of the opposition party to the Directorate for Pravo enforcement. The attack of the main minister then became a personality. And without nameing Gogoi, he published questions for him. “Have you visited Pakistan for a continuous period of 15 days? If so could you kindly clarify the purpose of your visit?” CM asked.
Will you ask your own children and wife?
Sarma, once a close assistant of Father Gaurava Gogoi and former main Minister Assam Tarun Gogoi, said that the state would witness a political storm due to alleged Pakistani union of Gaurav Gogoi.
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