Guwahati, Feb 9: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on February 9 accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of “inciting genocide” against Muslims and urged the police to take suo motu cognisance of the matter.
Addressing a press conference, Gogoi referred to a video briefly shared on X by the state BJP and later deleted. The clip purportedly showed the Chief Minister aiming a rifle at two individuals—one wearing a skull cap and the other with a beard—with the caption “point-blank shot”.
“The Assam CM is inciting genocide against Muslims through his videos,” Gogoi said, adding that police must act suo motu against what he described as the targeting of a particular community through “vicious social media content”.
The remarks came amid an escalating political confrontation between the Congress MP and the Chief Minister, who has repeatedly alleged that Gogoi and his family have links with Pakistan. Gogoi rejected the allegations and said he was exploring legal options after his minor children were dragged into the controversy.
Clarifying his position, Gogoi said his wife had travelled to Pakistan for work in 2013 and that he had accompanied her on a 10-day visit in December that year. He also questioned the functioning of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the matter.
“The SIT never questioned me about my 2013 visit to Pakistan,” Gogoi said, alleging that the Chief Minister had sat on the SIT report for six months as it failed to substantiate the allegations.
Gogoi asserted that the issue was not about personal attacks but about constitutional responsibility and the duty of law enforcement to act when content, even symbolically, targets a specific community.
