Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, wife of Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday strongly rejected allegations made by Congress leaders regarding foreign assets, describing them as “shameful” and baseless amid the ongoing political row.
Speaking to reporters, Sharma sharply criticised the Congress, accusing the party of running a sustained campaign to defame her and her family using fabricated and manipulated content.
“It seems that a mad dog has bitten them and from the top rung of the Congress to the lowest rung, I believe that they don’t have anything else to do except defaming people, that too with AI-generated and totally photoshopped content. One more thing which they have done well is set up a playbook… It is an example set to the entire Assamese society by a very veteran party, which is very shameful. I think they have gone berserk… For the last two years, they have been doing every little thing to defame me, my daughter, my son; we are nowhere related to politics,” she said.
Rejecting the allegations of multiple passports, Sharma said the claims reflected a lack of understanding of Indian law.
“The kind of allegations they are making. If we check with the Indian Passport Act, it says what kind of foolish things they have done. India doesn’t allow any dual citizenship, and they are talking about 3 passports, and according to them, I’m supposed to be an Egyptian national, and they are talking about the golden visa… It is like a mad dog running anywhere…” she said.
She also dismissed claims about owning property in Dubai, calling them baseless and absurd.
“They have given a room number in a hotel in Dubai. What kind of property is that? If I had a property, I would buy a house, but I don’t own a hotel room. This is the kind of stupidity that they have done. If they have done such a forging, they should have done their homework… It is like a cow climbing a tree…” she said.
Sharma further alleged that such misinformation campaigns were being circulated without verification.
“Actually, if they have done such a forging, they should have done their homework. Without homework, it is like a cow climbing a tree. So it is also found that the link of the Pakistani social media groups is helping them to create some kind of… Yes, now I think it is directly a counter against the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma because the kind of wave that Assam is having for the BJP,” she added.
She also attributed the allegations to political frustration within the Congress.
“Congress is nowhere surfacing anywhere. The frustrations are showing up in form of degeneration of a women’s fame, degeneration showing the wrong pattern in a society, inciting youngsters to do all the wrong things. They are setting a playbook for the upcoming generations and it is very shameful for a party like Congress to do that,” she said.
