Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (HBTV): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday hit back at the Congress amid an escalating passport row related to his wife, claiming his party replicated the opposition's alleged use of a ‘fake’ Wyoming-based LLC.
The Chief Minister’s remarks come amid a growing political controversy triggered by claims made by AICC Media and Publicity Department Chairman Pawan Khera, who alleged that documents indicate Sarma’s wife holds multiple active passports, raising questions over potential violations of Indian law.
In a post on X, the Assam CM wrote, ‘This is how Cong made a fake Wyoming LLC for $199 (in fact they created one after their PC). We also made an LLC in Wyoming called GauravElizabeth786.’
‘We have now successfully registered one LLP in Wyoming using a similar toolkit that @INCIndia used to create the fake company in my wife’s name,’ Sarma wrote in another post.
‘Tech is not just available to Cong, it is available to us too. Say hello to “GauravElizabeth786”,’ the post added.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Pawan Khera alleged that documents suggested Sarma’s wife holds multiple active passports and said, ‘Himanta Biswa Sarma’s entire politics is based on hatred against Muslims, but how does his wife hold passports from two Muslim countries? According to Indian law, you cannot hold dual citizenship, so does Riniki Bhuyan Sarma also hold an Indian passport? Is Himanta Biswa Sarma the adopted son of Amit Shah? And did the country’s Home Minister know that his adopted son’s wife holds three passports?’
Earlier in the day, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma invoked the St. Kitts forgery case to target the Congress, warning that any alleged fabrication in the ongoing passport row involving Gaurav Gogoi and Pawan Khera over claims linked to his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, would invite strict legal action.
In a post on X, Sarma said, ‘Congress once tried this playbook in the St. Kitts case; those days are over. Fabrication will be met with the full force of law—my legal team is already at work.’ (ANI)