Himanta’s wife holds 3 passports, says Congress; Assam CM rejects claims

Assam CM Himanata Biswa Sarma (centre) with wife Rinki Sarma during a public rally. PIC/X/@rinikibsharma

The Congress on Sunday alleged that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma possesses passports of three countries - UAE, Antigua and Barbuda, and Egypt - and that he concealed information about her properties, but the BJP leader "categorically rejected" the claims as "malicious" and "fabricated" and vowed to take legal action "within 48 hours".

The three passports of UAE , Antigua and Barbuda, and Egypt, allegedly in the name of Riniki Bhuyan Sharma. PIC/X/@hai_mahmoodul

Targeting Sarma as the campaign peaks for the April 9 election in Assam, Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera showed, at a press conference, purported documents to support the allegations.

Congress leader Pawan Khera. FILE PIC

Hitting back at Khera, Sarma said that as Assam moves decisively towards a historic mandate, such desperate and baseless attacks only expose the Congress' sinking ground. "These are malicious, fabricated, and politically motivated lies aimed at misleading the people of Assam," the Assam Chief Minister said.

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