Assam CM threatens to sue Congress leader for foreign assets ‘expose’

way2barak, April 6: A political storm has erupted in Assam ahead of the assembly elections, with the BJP and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma strongly rejecting Congress allegations about the CM’s wife holding foreign passports and overseas assets.

The BJP has called the claims “fabricated” and vowed legal action against Congress leader Pawan Khera.

The controversy erupted after Pawan Khera alleged at a press conference that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, holds passports from the UAE, Antigua and Barbuda, and Egypt.

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi dismissed the Congress claims, pointing to what he described as glaring inconsistencies in the documents being circulated.

“The documents released contain multiple glaring errors. The surname is wrongly written as ‘Sharma’ instead of ‘Sarma’ for Himanta Biswa Sarma. The photo appears sourced from public domain images. Nationality is shown as Egyptian while the passport is from Antigua and Barbuda… All of this clearly indicates that these are fabricated and misleading documents, seemingly created in frustration and desperation ahead of elections in the state,” Trivedi said.