Himanta Biswa Sarma’s Wife Files Rs 100 Cr Defamation Suit Against Manish Sisodia
GG News Bureau
Guwahati, 22nd June. Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the wife of Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, filed a civil defamation lawsuit against Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, on Tuesday in Guwahati’s Civil Judge Court, Kamrup (Metro).
In a press conference on June 4, AAP leader Manish Sisodia had said that the Assam government had given contracts to the businesses owned by the Chief Minister’s wife and his son’s business partner to supply PPE kits above market rates when the Covid pandemic was raging in the country in 2020.
The matter is anticipated to go to court on Wednesday, according to Padmadhar Nayak, the lawyer for Riniki Bhuyan Sarma. After the AAP leader’s accusations, Himanta Biswa Sarma had earlier declared he will file a lawsuit against Sisodia.
In his explanation, Biswa had said, “At a time when the entire country was facing the worst pandemic in over 100 years, Assam hardly had any PPE Kits. My wife took the courage of coming forward and donated around 1,500 PPE kits free of cost to the government to save lives. She didn’t take a single penny.”
Reacting to the accusations of wrongdoings in the supply of PPE kits, the Assam CM said that the PPE kits were “gifted to the government” and his wife’s company “raised no bill” for it.
Sisodia had posted a bill addressed to the JCB Industries from NHM-Assam mission director S Lakshmanan.
He wrote, “Honorable Chief Minister @himantabiswa ji! Here is your wife’s contract to buy 5000 kits in the name of JCB Industries at 990/- per kit… Tell me, is this paper false? Is it not corruption to give a tender purchase order to your wife’s company as a health minister?”
In response to Sisodia’s accusations, Rinku Bhuyan Sarma, the wife of Himanta Biswa Sarma, has previously provided clarification.
She wrote, “In the first week of the pandemic, not a single PPE kit was available with Assam. Taking cognizance of the same, I reached out to a business acquaintance and delivered about 1500 PPE kits to NHM with a lot of effort. Later on, I wrote to the NHM to treat the same as part of my CSR.”
“I didn’t take a single penny out of the supply. I have always been transparent about my belief in giving back to society, irrespective of my husband’s political standing,” Rinku added.
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