Assam CM using police to intimidate rather than replying to charges on wife: Khera
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of “unleashing” the State police on him instead of addressing the Opposition party’s questions on multiple passports and foreign investments linked to the CM’s wife.
He also criticised the chief minister for using “derogatory” words against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, maintaining it was not reflective of the age-old rich culture of the State.
Khera, who has moved the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed against him by the Assam Government over his allegations against Sarma’s wife, showed his residential address in Hyderabad and requested release on bail in the event of arrest. The petition, filed on April 7, will be taken up by the court on April 9.
In a recorded video addressed to the CM from an undisclosed location, Khera said, “Our party had only asked you some questions. Why do you want to silence us? We have asked questions; give us the replies.”
He added, “Instead of replying, you are hurling abuses at everyone, you have put the police behind me. I am not afraid of them. But I am avoiding them as I have more questions to ask.”
Khera reiterated questions regarding a purported company registered in the US State of Wyoming in the name of Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, claiming that the official company website lists a London address as primary and two other addresses in Dubai and Dhaka.
The company, Bhuyan Properties LLC, has Bhuyan Sarma as the ‘Manager, authorised member’, with nationality of Antigua and Barbuda, along with mentioning of “multiple” other nationalities.
Khera alleged that the London address of this company is also linked with one ‘Bhuyan Properties Ltd’, as available in UK Government records.
