Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi has refuted Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's allegations that link his wife to the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. Gogoi dismissed the accusations as false and asserted that the BJP is spreading lies due to a lack of substantial issues to discuss.
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