Assam CM’s Wife Files Rs 10 Cr Defamation Case Against Congress MP

Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Sarma’s Wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma filed a Rs 10 crore defamation case against Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi at the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) of Kamrup Metropolitan on Friday.

She alleged that the Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi made “false” allegations against her of irregularities in getting subsidy in a food processing project.

Senior advocate Devajit Saikia, her counsel, said “My client has claimed a defamation of Rs 10 crore against Gaurav Gogoi for various tweets on X. We have made it very clear that we never made any application to receive subsidy.” he added.

A huge controversy erupted after Guwahati-based digital media ‘The Crosscurrent’ published a report alleging that over 50 bigha (nearly 17 acres) of agricultural land at Darigaji village in Kaliabor in Nagaon district was reclassified as industrial land within a month after it was bought by Pride East Entertainments, in which the chief minister’s wife is the chairman and managing director.

Following this, Gogoi, in a series of tweets for several days, brought allegations of corruption against Sarma and his wife in getting central government subsidies for the project.