Union Minister junks Congress's passport charge against Himanta Sarma's wife

Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Tuesday rejected the Congress' claim that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife has passports of three nations and said that the documents shared by the party are "fake and fabricated."

The Congress had alleged at a press conference on Sunday that Assam CM's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, holds passports of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Antigua-Barbuda and Egypt.

"The Congress and its leader Pawan Khera, along with state party chief Gaurav Gogoi, had shown certain documents, passports, etc against the honourable CM's wife and said that these passports were of three foreign countries," Margherita said.

"As the Minister of State for External Affairs, I want to say that through our diplomatic channels and investigation, we have come to know that these are fake and fabricated," Margherita told reporters in Jorhat.

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