Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife has strongly opposed Congress’ allegations against her Holders of passports and foreign assets. Rinike Bhuyan Sharma described the opposition’s claims as “laughable” as the political row intensifies ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections later this week.
“I will spare you the suspense and answer these funny questions myself,” Sharma wrote on X on Monday. “Neither I nor my children nor my husband have any business interests or assets in Dubai or anywhere outside India,” Sharma said on X on Monday.
Throwing the spotlight once again on Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, Sharma added: “Can you disclose whether your wife has or has had a bank account in Pakistan? And will you make those details public?”
Her remarks come amid earlier allegations by Prime Minister Sarma, who had alleged that Gogoi’s wife had “several” bank accounts in Pakistan. He claimed that some of them are still active. Gogoi denied the allegations at the time and termed them politically motivated.
Pawan Khera’s allegations against Rinike Bhuyan Sharma
Congressional leaders Pawan Khera and Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday claimed that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan, held passports from the UAE, Egypt and Antigua and Barbuda, and owned properties in Dubai. They also claimed that she had ties to a company in the US state of Wyoming and had undisclosed foreign assets that were not mentioned in the election filings.
“Does Himanta Sarma’s wife have a golden visa to Dubai?” Gaurav Gogoi wrote on X. “Is golden visa on Indian passport?”
In a sharp response, Reneke Sharma accused Gogoi of changing his claims within 24 hours: from claiming a “golden visa on an Egyptian passport” to later referring to an Indian passport.
What Assam CM Himanta Sarma said
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his wife had filed a police complaint against Pawan Khera over the allegations and warned of strict legal action. He said they were seeking “life imprisonment.”
The Prime Minister also claimed that the documents cited by the Congress were fabricated using data from a Facebook group called ‘Pakistanis in Ajman’.
Sarma refuted these allegations and said that documents indicating that his family resided A $A Rs 52,000-crore company in Wyoming was fake. To show how easy it is to create such records, he said a similar company was registered overnight in the name of Gaurav Gogoi and his wife.
“On Sunday night, we also registered a fake LLC in the same state in their names. Anyone can do this by paying just $199 (about $20,000). This shows how easy it is to create such documents. Sarma said at a press conference.
He pointed to inconsistencies, saying that congressional documents mentioned a company meeting in 2025, but official Wyoming records show it was recorded only two days earlier.
He also rejected passport claims. The Prime Minister claimed that the Emirati document was based on a lost passport, the Egyptian one belonged to someone else, and the Antigua and Barbuda passport had obvious errors.
