Assam CM Himanta files ₹500 crore defamation suit against Gaurav Gogoi, others
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma files a ₹500 crore defamation suit against Congress leaders amid escalating political tensions.
GUWAHATI
The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress in Assam has reached the court and police station ahead of the elections to the 126-member Assembly, likely by April.
On Tuesday (February 10, 2026), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa filed a ₹500 crore defamation suit against three Congress leaders, including Jorhat MP Gaurav Gogoi. Around the same time that he announced this on social media platforms, two Congress MLAs — Sibamoni Bora and Diganta Barman — lodged a police complaint against him over a controversial AI-generated video.
“Today, I have filed a defamation case seeking ₹500 crore in damages against Congress leaders Jitendra Singh, Bhupesh Baghel, and Gaurav Gogoi for making false, malicious, and defamatory allegations against me through a press conference,” Mr. Sarma posted on X.
He did not explain the allegations, but said on the micro-blogging site on February 4 that he would initiate civil and criminal defamation proceedings against the trio, as well as Debabrata Saikia, the Congress Legislature Party leader.
In their complaint at Guwahati’s Dispur police station, the two Congress MLAs cited the now-deleted video depicting the Chief Minister symbolically firing at Muslims at “point blank range”. The Assam unit of the BJP had posted the “highly provocative content” on X on February 7.
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