NEW DELHI: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday hit back at Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for linking his wife Elizabeth Colburn of having links with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.
“If my wife is an ISI agent of Pakistan, I am a R&AW agent of India. I don’t mind if a family against whom there are various cases and several allegations, makes allegations against me. The (Assam) chief minister is making these allegations only to put away allegations against him,” ANI quoted Gogoi saying.
Dismissing the accusation as “lies and rumours”, he said, “Today, BJP doesn’t have any issues to raise. They are dependent on spreading lies. I feel that people of the country are very intelligent and they can see the difference between lies and truth. Let them spread rumours, we will continue to do our work.”
Earlier today, Assam CM Sarma had invoked Gogoi’s official visit to Pakistan in 2015, claiming that the Congress MP’s parliamentary queries became more “sensitive defense matters”, linking this to his marriage to Colburn.
He further claimed that Colburn had worked for an American senator with close ties to Pakistan and later spent time in Pakistan, employed by an organization suspected of links to the ISI.
“Interestingly, these developments occurred immediately after his marriage to a British citizen with a professional background that raises further questions. Before their marriage, she had worked for an American senator known for close ties with the Pakistani establishment and later spent time in Pakistan, employed by an organization widely believed to be a front for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The timing of these events adds another layer of intrigue to the MP’s evolving political stance and actions,” he said.