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News India Live, Digital Desk: Just before the Assam Assembly elections 2026, a fierce battle has broken out in the politics of the state over ‘land’ and ‘patriotism’. Congress state president and MP Gaurav Gogoi made a scathing attack on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a press conference on Monday (9 February 2026). He alleged that the Chief Minister had fabricated the false story of ‘Pakistani links’ against him only to suppress the huge land scam committed by his family.
Root of controversy: What are Gaurav Gogoi’s allegations?
Possession of 12,000 bighas of land: Gogoi claimed that an internal investigation by the Congress has revealed that the Chief Minister and his family have spent almost Rs. 12,000 bighas (about 3,960 acres) There is illegal occupation of the land. He said that this figure may increase further.
Diversion Game: According to the Congress leader, the CM’s family took over agricultural land and later misused power and converted it into ‘industrial land’.
Answer on Pakistan link: Gogoi described CM’s allegations as worse than ‘C-grade cinema’. He questioned that if the SIT had evidence against me, then why did the Chief Minister sit on those files for 6 months?
CM Himanta’s allegations: “He has deep relations with Pakistani agents”
Earlier, in a 2.5-hour marathon press conference on Sunday, Chief Minister Sarma had made serious allegations against the Gogoi family, citing the SIT report:
Wife’s Pakistan connection: The CM claimed that Gaurav Gogoi’s wife Elizabeth Colburn had worked in Pakistan and even after marriage, she continued to receive salary through a Pakistani national (Ali Tauqeer Shaikh).
Exchange of confidential information: Sarma alleged that the questions Gogoi asked in Parliament on sensitive defense and nuclear issues were allegedly at the behest of outside forces.
New twist: Uproar over making children’s information public
Gaurav Gogoi became emotional on Monday and said that the Chief Minister has now fallen so far into politics that he has personal information of innocent children And passport details have been leaked to the media. Gogoi Supreme Court Has appealed to take ‘suo-motu’ in this matter and has declared Himanta Biswa Sarma ‘ineligible’ for the post of Chief Minister.
Preparation for legal action
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has informed by tweeting that he 9 February 2026 They are filing civil and criminal defamation cases against other Congress leaders including Gaurav Gogoi, Jitendra Singh and Bhupesh Baghel.