Riniki Bhuyan Sarma – wife of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma – has filed a Rs 100-crore defamation case against deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia. 

Riniki Bhuyan Sarma – wife of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma – filed the defamation case against deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia over the alleged PPE kits scam in Assam. 

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The matter is expected to be listed at the Gauhati high court in Assam on June 22. 

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Earlier, Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia levelled allegations of corruption against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma regarding contracts of PPE kits.  

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Sisodia, referring to media reports at a press conference in New Delhi on June 4, said that while the Assam government procured PPE kits for Rs 600 a piece from other companies, Sarma gave urgent supply orders to the firms belonging to the business partners of his wife and son for Rs 990 a piece, “taking advantage of the emergency situation”.