A political storm has erupted in Assam ahead of the assembly elections, with the BJP and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma strongly rejecting Congress allegations about the CM's wife holding foreign passports and overseas assets.
The BJP has called the claims “fabricated” and vowed legal action against Congress leader Pawan Khera.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi dismissed the Congress claims, pointing to what he described as glaring inconsistencies in the documents being circulated.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma “categorically rejected” the allegations, calling them “malicious” and “politically motivated lies”, as per PTI.
Sarma said he and his wife would initiate legal proceedings against Khera. “My wife and I will be filing both criminal and civil defamation cases within the next 48 hours… He will be held fully accountable for his reckless and defamatory statements,” he wrote.
