Police to summon Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi over Pakistan visit, says Himanta

Assam CM alleges Gaurav Gogoi's children are not Indian citizens, plans to investigate his Pakistan visit.

Claiming that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's two minor children are not Indian citizens, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday (May 1, 2025) said the police will summon the opposition leader to record his statement on his visit to Pakistan several years ago.

"Gaurav Gogoi's son and daughter are not Indians. I have solid proof with me. The children still don't know that they are not Indians. Their parents have made it like that," the CM told reporters.

As Gogoi's wife and two children are citizens of a foreign nation, there is a possibility of him leaving India and nobody will know it, Mr. Sarma claimed.

"Out of four members of the family, three are foreign nationals. He (Gogoi) is staying here as a tourist. His both children are minors and not Indian citizens. I will leave the CM's chair if he can say that his children are Indians.

Last month, the Chief Minister had asked if the Congress MP had stayed in Pakistan for 15 days and whether his wife gets a salary from an NGO of the neighbouring nation.

"What was he doing there for 15 days? There is no tourist place, it is only a place for terrorists. Now, we are trying to find out what he was doing there for 15 days. There was no patriotic work for India in Pakistan," Mr. Sarma said on Friday.

He further said that Mr. Gogoi has to answer the police and court about his stay in Pakistan, and "we know how to get the answers".