‘Did not earn a single penny’: Assam CM’s spouse rubbishes PPE kits ‘scam’ expenses

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI:  The Opposition in Assam is demanding a probe into allegations of corruption involving CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s household.

The Raijor Dal mentioned a agency, owned by Sarma’s spouse, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, had bagged an “urgent” order for provide of 5,000 PPE kits in March 2020, when Sarma was the well being minister.

Referring to a media report, the occasion requested why the agency was awarded the contract at Rs 990 per package when one other agency was given Rs 600 for a similar.

The report mentioned the agency, owned by Riniki, makes sanitary napkins and has no historical past of supplying medical gear. As per the report, two different corporations with hyperlinks to Sarma got “urgent” orders to combat the pandemic however none of them accomplished them.

“We demand a CBI probe, and ban on the firms,” Raijor Dal chief Vasco De Saikia mentioned.

Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah mentioned “people are stunned” that whereas they suffered, Sarma’s kin received into the enterprise of Covid-related objects to mint cash.

Riniki dismissed the fees as “unfounded”, and tweeted, “I did not take a single penny out of this supply. I have always been transparent about my belief in giving back to society, irrespective of my husband’s political standing.”