Sarma, who was the health minister of Assam in 2020, gave urgent supply orders to his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma’s firm JCB Industries, and an associate’s company Meditime Healthcare, Sisodia said.
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has filed a defamation case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over his allegations of corruption against his wife. Mr. Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has already filed a ₹ 100 crore civil defamation case against Mr. Sisodia.
Earlier last month, Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia had alleged that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave contracts to companies owned by his wife and his son’s business partners to supply personal protective equipment kits above market rates during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. At a press conference in Delhi, Sisodia referred to a report done by The Wire and The Cross Current about the alleged scam based on the RTI replies from the state’s National Health Mission.
The report alleged that the contract to supply medical utilities was approved without following a proper tender process.
Sarma, who was the health minister of Assam in 2020, gave urgent supply orders to his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma’s firm JCB Industries, and an associate’s company Meditime Healthcare, Sisodia said.
Sarma, who was the health minister of Assam in 2020, gave urgent supply orders to his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma’s firm JCB Industries, and an associate’s company Meditime Healthcare, Sisodia accused the Assam CM.
While the Assam government had procured PPE kits at Rs 600 per piece from other companies, JCB Industries and Medicine Healthcare had charged Rs 990 a piece, the Delhi deputy chief minister had alleged.
“It is a major scam by the chief minister of Assam and his close associates,” Sisodia had alleged.
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