‘Deeply rooted’: Himanta steps up ‘Pakistan hyperlink’ assault on Gogoi’s spouse | India Information

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Gaurav Gogoi

NEW DELHI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stepped up his assault on Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, alleging that the rival chief’s British spouse has hyperlinks with Pakistan.
Asserting his claims on Saturday, the BJP chief mentioned that Gogoia’s spouse Elizabeth Colburn is a former colleague of Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, an advisor of the Pakistan Planning Fee.
The connection between Gogois and the Pakistani nationwide gave the impression to be “deeply rooted,” Himanta alleged, in line with information company PTI.
The Assam CM alleged that the “community is now rising as much more important and deeply entrenched than initially thought”.
Himanta Biswa Sarma additionally shared a screenshot of Tauqqer Ali Sheikh’s previous X posts to focus on the Congress chief and demanded clarification over the allegations of ISI hyperlinks, “main younger people to the Pakistan embassy for brainwashing and radicalisation, and the refusal to take Indian citizenship for the previous 12 years”, referring to Colburn’s nationality standing.
The Assam CM additionally alleged that Gogoi had raised questions in Parliament on delicate defence issues after his marriage to the British citizen, a cost termed by the opposition chief as a “false accusation”.
“Elizabeth Colburn w/o Hon’ble MP labored beneath Ali Tauqeer Sheikh within the organisation LEAD Pakistan, which operated beneath the guise of local weather change initiatives,” Sarma wrote, sharing the screenshot.
He additional claimed {that a} “nearer examination” of Sheikh’s works and articles reveals a deeper and extra strategic involvement, notably in Assam.
“The extent of this community is now rising as much more important and deeply entrenched than initially thought,” Sarma maintained, as he tagged the Union dwelling ministry in his publish.
Himanta shared one other publish by Sheikh from 2020 when the Pakistan nationwide lauded Gogoi and others for elevating the Delhi riots difficulty in Parliament.
“Pakistan Nationwide Ali Sheikh of Lead Pakistan who’s Elizabeth Colburn’s colleague and supervisor shared his anti-India propaganda and likewise tagged and cheered Hon’ble MP when he raised the Delhi Riots 2020 difficulty in Parliament. Sure, The relationships look like deeply rooted,” the Assam CM mentioned.

The BJP had on Wednesday accused Gogoi’s spouse of getting hyperlinks with Pakistan and the ISI, a cost rejected by the deputy chief of the Congress within the Lok Sabha as “laughable and entertaining”.
Gogoi on Thursday hit again at Biswa Sarma for alleging that his spouse has a hyperlink with Pakistani intelligence company ISI.
“If my spouse is an ISI agent of Pakistan, I’m a R&AW agent of India. I do not thoughts if a household in opposition to whom there are numerous instances and a number of other allegations, makes allegations in opposition to me. The (Assam) chief minister is making these allegations solely to place away allegations in opposition to him,” ANI quoted Gogoi saying.
Dismissing the accusation as “lies and rumours”, he mentioned, “Right this moment, BJP would not have any points to lift. They’re depending on spreading lies. I really feel that folks of the nation are very clever and so they can see the distinction between lies and fact. Allow them to unfold rumours, we’ll proceed to do our work.”