New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma filed a criminal defamation case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia before the CJM Court, Kamrup (Rural) on June 30. At a press conference in Delhi last month, the AAP leader had alleged that the Assam government had ordered the firms of Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife and the son’s business partner to supply PPE kits above market rates in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Awarded the contract
In the criminal defamation case filed in the Kamrup court, Sarma claimed that Sisodia’s allegations were false and not based on facts. The court will hear the matter on July 22.