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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) said the SIT study connected State Congress president Gaurav Gogoi’s alleged 'Pakistan links' volition beryllium amended to incorporated 'disclosures' made by the MP astatine a caller property conference, including his sojourn to Rawalpindi district, and past referred to the Centre for further probe.
Mr. Sarma asserted that the Congress MP’s purported transportation with the neighbouring state was not a canvass contented arsenic the saffron enactment is acceptable to triumph the forthcoming Assembly election, but is simply a "struggle to guarantee that Pakistan cannot participate Dispur".
"The Special Investigation Team (SIT) study volition beryllium amended to see Mr. Gogoi’s remarks astatine the property conference. Two caller pieces of accusation were revealed by him— that his woman took wage straight from Pakistan, and that helium had visited Rawalpindi district, which has the Pakistan Army headquarters, without mentioning it successful the visa," Mr. Sarma told reporters here.
"These volition beryllium included successful the SIT study and sent to Delhi time oregon the time after," helium added.
The State authorities had constituted the SIT to probe alleged interference successful India’s interior affairs by Pakistani nationalist Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, who was claimed to person links with Mr. Gogoi’s British woman Elizabeth Colburn.
Based connected its findings, Mr. Sarma had alleged successful a property league connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) that Mr. Gogoi, Ms. Colburn and Mr. Sheikh had a "deeper connection", and that accusation from the Intelligence Bureau was secretly passed connected to the neighbouring nation.
The State Cabinet has decided to notation the lawsuit and the SIT study to the Ministry of Home Affairs for further investigation.
Mr. Gogoi had dismissed the allegations of his Pakistani connections arsenic "most mindless and bogus", and dubbed the property conference, wherever Mr. Sarma made the allegations, "worse than C-grade cinema", which was a "super flop".
On Mr. Gogoi not being questioned by the SIT, Mr. Sarma said, "Police cognize who to woody with a case, it has its ain strategy. When a idiosyncratic is cornered, they blurt retired the truth, conscionable similar Mr. Gogoi admitted to his Rawalpindi visit.
"If helium were called for questioning, his lawyer would person accompanied him, and helium would person ne'er told america astir it," helium added.
Asked however the Centre volition instrumentality guardant the case, Mr. Sarma maintained that "no 1 volition fto spell of a substance erstwhile Pakistan is involved" and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is simply a "man of deeds alternatively than words".
"His soundlessness is indicative of a storm," the CM said, referring to Mr. Shah.
The CM asserted that the investigations into Mr. Gogoi’s ‘Pakistan links’ person thing to bash with the upcoming State elections.
"We don’t request this for winning the election; we are acold ahead. This is simply a conflict truthful that Pakistan cannot participate Dispur…We exposed what benignant of radical Rahul Gandhi promotes," helium said.
Mr. Sarma claimed Congress members were aggravated with Mr. Gogoi implicit his ‘Pakistan links’.
"Rajiv Bhawan (State Congress headquarters) is present moving with america arsenic they privation to decision Pakistan. Not each radical instrumentality Pakistan truthful easily," helium claimed.
The CM further maintained that Mr. Gogoi refrained from taking galore questions during his property league connected Monday (February 9, 2026), during which helium had responded to the charges brought against him a time earlier based connected the SIT report.
"I ever look questions, adjacent if those are uncomfortable…only selected journalists were allowed to rise questions successful Mr. Gogoi’s presser," helium claimed.
He besides maintained that reporters were ‘jostled’ astatine the Congress property meet, which ne'er happens successful BJP bureau media briefings.
Mr. Sarma further said a whistleblower from wrong the Congress has told constabulary that 3 persons, associated with a governmental consultancy radical engaged by the absorption party, person "connived for getting ink thrown connected Mr. Gogoi and displacement the blasted to BJP".
He said constabulary person recorded the accusation and called the persons acrophobic arsenic a preventive measure.
Responding to Congress person Pawan Khera’s allegation that Mr. Sarma was a follower of a Bangladeshi cleric, the CM said the cleric had earlier visited erstwhile Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and that Gaurav Gogoi had besides met him."
"The cleric had visited Tarun Gogoi astatine his Koinadhora residence (then authoritative residence of CM). Gaurav Gogoi had visited him doubly astatine a Machkhowa (Guwahati locality) residence," Sarma claimed.
"Let Mr. Khera station astir the cleric's sojourn to Tarun Gogoi’s home. They ever station half-truths," helium said.
Mr. Sarma said helium has a "lot of photographs" with maulanas from his Congress days and questioned, "What is incorrect with it?" He had joined the saffron enactment successful August 2015.
He maintained that helium has not deleted his aged photographs from societal media from his Congress days "so that radical tin cognize what benignant of idiosyncratic I was aft my death".
"I person thing against Sufism, I person visited galore dargahs," Mr. Sarma added.
AICC person Mr. Khera had connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) alleged that Mr. Sarma was a follower of Bangladeshi cleric Dewan Mohammad Saidur Rahman Chishti Saidabadi, connected whose proposal helium had joined the saffron party.
