There is verbal volley between Sarma and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi. Elizabeth Colebourn, wife of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, is alleged to have had professional ties with the ISI during her time in Islamabad, working directly under Ali Tauqeer Sheikh.
Without taking names Sarma in a series of posts in X stated, “Serious questions need to be answered regarding allegations of ISI links, leading young individuals to the Pakistan Embassy for brainwashing and radicalization, and the refusal to take Indian citizenship for the past 12 years. Additionally, participation in a conversion cartel and receiving funds from external sources, including George Soros, to destabilize national security are grave concerns that cannot be ignored. At some point, accountability will be necessary. Simply deflecting responsibility or attempting to shift the focus onto others will not serve as an easy escape route. The nation deserves transparency and truth”.
He added, “Sooner or later, it will be known how foreign powers, led by George Soros’ ecosystem, influenced a major decision of Assam Congress in 2014. Hopefully, the truth will emerge in due course”.
The chief minister added, “During my interactions with an IFS officer in Singapore, I learned that officers in the Indian Foreign Service cannot marry a foreign national without prior permission from the Government of India. Moreover, even when permission is granted, it comes with the condition that the spouse must acquire Indian citizenship within six months. Interestingly, this rule does not apply to our lawmakers. However, allowing a foreign spouse of a lawmaker to retain foreign citizenship for 12 years is far too long. Loyalty to the nation must always take precedence over all other considerations.”
Gogoi remarked, “If Salman Khan’s wife can be an ISI agent like in Tiger Zinda Hai, then I must be a RAW agent too.”He claimed that allegations are baseless and politically motivated. “ It is something laughable, BJP has nothing to do. Some one’s land grabbing cases are unearthed one after another, defamation cases are being filed one after another. These are baseless allegations without any substance. This shows their weakness and the fact that they are fast losing ground”.He said at least one month before the Lok Sabha polls last year such a malicious campaign was unleashed against my family. This time they have started at least a year ahead of the assembly polls. People of Assam understand very well that it is a fake campaign. People will give befitting replies in the assembly polls next year. “
When asked that his wife held dual citizenship and did not have India’s citizenship for 12 years, he said, “Those make such allegations must see their family is facing cases of land grabbing and engaged in the debate of setting up a resort. Assam chief minister is tense if the new BJP president Dilip Saikia will become chief minister in another two or three months. BJP leadership in New Delhi knows about the land cases of the Sarma’s family and he is suffering if he might be replaced. This is a ploy to save himself.”
BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia in New Delhi said, “Some concerning facts related to national security have come to light. Elizabeth Colburn, the wife of Deputy Leader of Opposition Gaurav Gogoi, and her links with Pakistan Planning Commission Advisor Ali Tauqeer Sheikh and the ISI, have been found. This is extremely concerning and related to national security, so it is expected that Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Gaurav Gogoi will clarify her relations with Pakistan and ISI. The question arising here is that while his wife is a foreign citizen, the organisation she works for is funded by George Soros. Few days ago, when Rahul Gandhi said that his fight is with the Indian State, are Gaurav Gogoi and wife working with Pakistan and ISI to carry forward that plan and weaken India?”
