Himanta Biswa's comments show he is 'unfit' to be CM: Gaurav Gogoi on 'Pakistani agent' remarks

GUWAHATI: A day after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi is a "Pakistani agent, planted by foreign power", the opposition leader hit back on Saturday, claiming that such comments show that Sarma is "unfit" to hold his position as head of the government.

Gogoi criticised the timing of the allegations, which came on the same day that the state’s cultural icon Zubeen Garg’s latest movie was released on Friday.

Sarma had accused Gogoi of having Pakistani links through his British wife, with the chief minister reiterating the charges on Friday. He claimed that the Congress leader is a “Pakistani agent” planted by a “foreign power” and asserted that he had evidence to substantiate his claims.

Reacting to the charges, Gogoi said in a post on X, "Over the past few months, Himanta Biswa Sarma dangoriya has lost credibility."

"Yesterday, when the entire state was watching Zubeen Garg perform for the last time in 'Roi Roi Binale', the chief minister's comments showed his growing fear of losing power," he said.

"It was another example of why he is unfit as the chief minister of the people of Assam," Gogoi, who is the Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha, claimed.

Garg had died while swimming in the sea in Singapore on September 19, prompting a massive outpouring of public grief. In response, the government constituted a Special Investigating Team from the state police’s CID to probe the circumstances of the singer-composer-actor’s death.

His final movie, Roi Roi Binale (Tears Still Flow), premiered on Friday, drawing packed audiences both in the state and across multiple cities in the country.

(With agencies inputs)