Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday (April 6, 2026) accused Congress of unleashing a “foreign-influenced misinformation campaign” against him and his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections.

He also said that the “serious allegations” against his wife hurled by Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday (April 5, 2026) had a Pakistan link.

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Mr. Sarma told journalists that his wife lodged a first information report with the Crime Branch of the Assam police against Mr. Khera and others for claiming she possesses passports of three countries, including two Islamic nations, owns a luxury property in Dubai, and has investments worth millions in Wyoming, United States.

He said Mr. Khera relied on “fraud and fabricated” documents accessed from a Pakistani social media group to target him via his wife.

“During our research, we found that the entire material of yesterday’s [April 5, 2026] press conference was supplied from a Pakistani social media group. In the last 10 days, [a] Pakistan channel did at least 11 talk shows on Assam elections, which never happened earlier. And in every talk show, the conclusion is that Congress should win,” Mr. Sarma said.

This, he alleged, indicated Pakistan is trying to influence voting on April 9.

The Chief Minister said Mr. Khera and his team photoshopped the original passports and documents and replaced them with the details of Riniki Bhuyan Sarma. “They missed out details in the process, thus getting exposed,” he said.

He insisted that Congress timed the “baseless allegations” to vitiate the electoral atmosphere.

“A simple Google reverse search with the passport number provides the exact details. Making allegations with fabricated documents to influence the result or outcome of an election attracts a higher penal provision, and the punishment for which is life imprisonment,” he said.

Mr. Sarma said Congress revealed its true character by stooping low. He said he could never imagine that former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s son (Assam Congress president and Jorhat MP Gaurav Gogoi) would go to such an extent to defame him.