New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Congress Assam President Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday refuted the allegations made by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma that his wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi 'got salary from Pakistan.'

Following a press conference in Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma told ANI: "Gaurav Gogoi's wife worked initially in Pakistan in a particular organisation. After marriage, she joined in India. But she continued to be managed by the Pakistani authority and she used to get salary from Pakistan through a pass-through mechanism."

Gogoi refuted the CM's claims, describing them as "mindless" and "bogus," via post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

While addressing the press conference in Assam on Sunday - Sarma also claimed that Elizabeth Co...