Assam CM Refers Gogoi Pakistani Ties Allegations to Home Ministry

Guwahati, Assam – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has referred allegations of Pakistani connections involving Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi and his wife to the Ministry of Home Affairs for a high-level investigation, escalating a bitter political feud in the state.

The decision came during a state cabinet meeting on February 7, following a report from a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Assam government. Sarma, who held a press conference the next day, described the matter as a sensitive nexus posing risks to national security. He pointed to a photograph from a 2014 event in New Delhi showing Gogoi, then a youth leader, with a group visiting the Pakistani High Commission alongside former Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit. Sarma claimed this was an unprecedented engagement for a Congress leader and raised questions about Gogoi's intentions, especially given the Kargil War sacrifices by Assamese soldiers like Captain Jintu Gogoi.

Sarma further alleged that Gogoi made an unreported trip to Pakistan during his late father Tarun Gogoi's tenure as chief minister from 2001 to 2016, bypassing security protocols and without informing central authorities or state...