Guwahati: Amid the ongoing controversy over the alleged ISI links of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s wife, the Assam Government has decided not to register any case against the couple. It has, however, asked the state police to file against Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, a Pakistani national.
Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that several media reports and social media posts have surfaced regarding the comments made by Sheikh, which are aimed at disrupting the communal harmony in the state.
“Multiple news reports, social media posts, and other information in the public domain have surfaced regarding certain comments made by a Pakistan national, Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, aimed at disrupting communal harmony in Assam,” stated the cabinet resolution, read out
by Sarma.
‘Sheikh’s social media posts include exhaustive comments on India’s internal matters’
The note also noted that the social media activities of Sheikh include exhaustive comments on India’s internal matters, raising concerns about the intentions of the individual. “Additionally, the cabinet directs an extensive inquiry to be conducted to ascertain whether these activities are part of a larger conspiracy and to identify any sympathizers or associates within Assam and across India who may be aiding Sheikh’s anti-India agenda,” it read.
It said that the inquiry may investigate the width and depth of Sheikh’s network within Assam and India, examine individuals, organisations, and accomplices based in the country who have aided and abetted his actions against India, and seek assistance from central agencies and departments concerned for the probe.
ISI has been able to infiltrate the ruling BJP: Gaurav Gogoi
Meanwhile, reacting to the controversy, Gogoi said that Pakistan’s ISI “has been able to infiltrate the ruling BJP” instead of the Congress. “If you slightly go into history, ISI agents were arrested in Madhya Pradesh and they were in the BJP party. They were in the BJP IT cell. So far, ISI has not been able to infiltrate Congress, but already it’s inside the BJP,” he added.
Pointing out that he has only been alleged to have links, he added, “Who welcomed ISI? Our CM is talking about 10-year-old incidents. In 2016, who had invited ISI to Pathankot? It was the BJP government. When did the PM go to have Biryani? He went there in 2015 to eat Biryani. Why was there no protest to that?”
