Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma refuted Congress leader Pawan Khera’s claims that his wife possessed foreign passports, labeling them as falsehoods. Sarma emphasized that the governments of the countries mentioned in the allegations had denied such assertions. He accused Khera of evading authorities, stating that Assam Police did not find him at his residence during an investigation.
The Chief Minister alleged that Khera might have fled to Hyderabad to avoid scrutiny, insinuating political motives behind the accusations. Sarma vowed legal action against those spreading misinformation to uphold accountability. The controversy arose after Khera accused Sarma’s wife of holding multiple foreign passports, a charge vehemently denied by the Chief Minister and his family.
Assam Police conducted searches at Pawan Khera’s residence in Delhi following the allegations regarding Sarma’s wife’s passports. Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, lodged a police complaint in response to the claims. Sarma had earlier pledged stringent action against Khera and dismissed allegations linking his family to property ownership in Dubai as baseless and part of a misinformation campaign by the Congress.
The Chief Minister discredited purported Dubai property title deeds circulated online as fake and urged people to verify information independently through official channels. He emphasized that all accusations against his family had been thoroughly debunked. Allegations concerning foreign assets and connections of Sarma’s family made by Congress leaders have been denied by the Chief Minister and his relatives, with Riniki dismissing claims of foreign business interests as groundless.
