GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that Deputy leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi had “visited Pakistan at the invitation of its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),” remarks that drew strong criticism from the party. “Gaurav Gogoi visited Pakistan at ISI’s invitation. We have documents to back this claim. He visited Pakistan definitely to receive training. He went there after receiving a letter from the Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan. It would have been different had he been invited by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Ministry of Culture or some university,” Sarma alleged.Later, he took to X claiming, “I reiterate, with full authority and responsibility as the Chief Minister of Assam, that Shri Gaurab Gogoi, Member of Parliament from Assam, visited Pakistan at the invitation of the Ministry of Interior of the Government of Pakistan. He spent several days there. We are enquiring further into the details surrounding this visit and related associations.”“I have been saying it from the chief minister’s chair after every 24 hours because it is a serious issue. I have seen the evidence myself but I need time to bring the (official) papers. I will show you the papers at a press conference on September 10,” he further claimed.Rubbishing Sarma’s claims as “insane and nonsense,” Gogoi stated that the chief minister is following a script “worse than a B-grade film.””It is said to cover up one lie a person has to say countless lies. That is exactly what the Chief Minister is doing. He is not giving out any facts and simply behaving like an IT cell troll. A Chief Minister should not be a troll. If he has any facts supporting his most recent allegation he should put out in public domain. The farce cannot be hidden for too long,” the Congress MP wrote in a post on X.
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