Guwahati, Feb 8 Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday dismissed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's allegations about his Pakistani connections as "the most absurd and baseless".
Gogoi called the press conference, where Sarma made the allegations, "worse than a low-budget movie", which was "a complete failure".
"I feel sorry for the journalists from Delhi and Assam who had to attend the worst press conference of the century. It was far worse than a C-grade movie. The Chief Minister, who claims to be politically shrewd, made the most absurd and baseless statements," he said in a post on X.
"This #SuperFlop is in contrast to our #XomoyParivartanYatra, which has been successful in uncovering the 12,000 bighas of land occupied by the Chief Minister and his family members," he claimed.
Sarma alleged that Gogoi, his wife Elizabeth, and a Pakistani national, Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, have a "deeper connection", and that information from the Intelligence Bureau was secretly provided to the neighbouring nation.
The CM also alleged that Gogoi undertook a "very confidential" visit to Pakistan in 2013 and is believed to have undergone "some kind of training" there.