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Assam Congress main Gaurav Gogoi connected Wednesday (March 25, 2026) dismissed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s allegations linking him and his woman to Pakistan arsenic a "wild mentation existing successful his head", and said specified claims exposure the CM’s "weakness" and the grade helium tin spell to implicit a substance arsenic superior arsenic nationalist security.
In an interrogation with PTI, the Jorhat MP said determination is simply a wide quality betwixt attacks made by Mr. Sarma and allegations levelled by the Congress against the Chief Minister.
"There is simply a quality betwixt what Sarma is saying and what I americium saying against him — his is simply a ‘wild theory’ which exists lone successful his head, and it relates to thing precise superior arsenic nationalist security," Mr. Gogoi said.
"What we are saying astir his family, his wealth, corruption, and the payment that the authorities machinery is giving to his wife’s institution — that is for everybody to see," helium claimed.
It is good documented, galore stories person been published, radical are warring cases successful courts connected these allegations, and determination is simply a full database of publically documented and media-reported evidence, helium said.
In contrast, Sarma’s allegations are "fiction", and helium is "peddling nationalist information arsenic a chaotic mentation to fulfil his larger strategy of things", Mr. Gogoi alleged.
"National information should beryllium supra politics. A main curate should person immoderate gravitas and not marque specified chaotic allegations connected this superior matter," helium said.
Mr. Sarma has been attacking Mr. Gogoi and his British wife, Elizabeth Clare Gogoi, alleging links with Pakistan’s quality bureau ISI, and had acceptable up a SIT to probe the matter.
Mr. Gogoi claimed that specified allegations exposure Mr. Sarma’s "weaknesses" and "insecurities".
"It reveals excessively overmuch astir what helium perceives arsenic a menace from Congress. It shows however acold helium tin spell to splash mud connected thing truthful superior arsenic nationalist security," helium said.
He asserted that the allegations person made his household stronger.
"It has made america realise what a beardown household we are. Everyone has been strong, including my wife, who has taken these idiosyncratic attacks precise strongly. It has lone made america admit each other’s roles and worth systems more," helium added.
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, who is contesting Assembly polls for the archetypal time, said the Congress has answered "countless questions" connected the allegations, but Mr. Sarma has not responded to queries connected "why taxpayers' wealth is being allocated and sanctioned for his wife’s company." He besides alleged that the existent enactment practices authorities of fearfulness and intimidation.
"If you criticise this government, you are enactment successful jail, chopped disconnected from schemes. This is not the authorities of ideology but fascism, and the radical of Assam merit better," helium said.
Mr. Gogoi expressed assurance that voters volition justice the parties connected "moral courage".
"People are seeing however we are approaching politics, and they volition stamp the ballot connected the question of motivation courage," helium said.
Referring to his father, erstwhile main curate Tarun Gogoi, helium said radical retrieve "the mode helium brought Assam retired of insurgency and established peace, and from fiscal insecurity to a unchangeable fiscal stage".
"The radical are remembering the past and hoping for it to return," helium added.
Mr. Gogoi said respective issues stay unresolved successful the authorities and the Congress aims to signifier a "constructive, action-oriented government".
"They expect america to cleanable up the soiled authorities that person been practised for the past six to 7 years, springiness an alternate government, guarantee concern maturation and overmuch more. The expectations of the radical volition beryllium my priorities," helium said.
On the Opposition confederation of six parties, helium said helium would person preferred an earlier decision to talks but was "very satisfied" with the outcome.
The Opposition confederation present comprises six parties — Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), CPI(M), All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) and the CPI(ML).
"Never earlier has the Congress been successful specified a rainbow coalition, and the effect of the radical has been overwhelming," helium added.
He said the hold was owed to elaborate discussions connected organisational strength, seat-sharing and the winnability of candidates among the partners.
People are precise excited astir the Congress, Raijor Dal and the Assam Jatiya Parishad coming unneurotic arsenic these 3 parties complement each other, helium said.
"Congress is simply a enactment with nationalist ideology — ‘nation first, India first’; AJP is from the determination watercourse of politics, and the trajectory of Akhil Gogoi of Raijor Dal is from the Left," helium added.
