PPE kits row: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma sues Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia

NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has filed criminal defamation case against Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. The case was filed before CJM court in Kamrup (Rural) on June 30.
This comes almost 10 days after the Assam CM's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, had filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Sisodia at the court of Civil Judge No 1 of Kamrup Metropolitan district on June 21.
Sisodia, referring to media reports had told newsmen that while the Assam government procured personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for Rs 600 each from other companies, Sarma gave urgent supply orders to the firms of his wife and son's business partners for Rs 990 a piece.
In a tweet Riniki Bhuyan Sarma had refuted any wrongdoing in the supply of PPE kits to National Health Mission and said she did not take a "single penny" for them.
Sarma was the health and family welfare minister in 2020 during the first BJP-led state government.