The autumn session of the Assam meeting concluded on Friday, with the final two days witnessing an uproar as opposition MLAs sought a dialogue over the allegation that an organization linked to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s spouse Riniki Bhuyan Sarma obtained authorities subsidy.
As Speaker Biswajit Daimary refused a right away dialogue on the problem, Congress
The Assam CM discovered himself within the eye of a storm on Wednesday after Congress Deputy Chief in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi alleged that an organization run by Sarma’s spouse had obtained a grant of Rs 10 crore final yr from the Union Ministry of Meals Processing Trade (MoFPI) as a part of credit score linked subsidy. The PM Kisan Sampada Yojana is a complete bundle which goals to create fashionable infrastructure with environment friendly provide chain administration.
Riniki Bhuyan Sarma is the Chief Managing Director of Delight East Entertainments Personal Restricted, one of many largest media corporations within the Northeast that owns two information channels, a newspaper, a digital information portal and a number of leisure channels.
Gaurav Gogoi wrote on X, previously Twitter, “PM Modi launched the Kisan Sampada scheme to double the revenue of farmers of India. However in Assam, Chief Minister Sarma used his affect to assist his spouse’s agency get Rs 10 crore as a part of credit score linked subsidy. Are Central authorities schemes meant to complement BJP
Nevertheless, the CM has categorically denied the fees saying that neither his spouse nor the corporate she is related to has ever obtained any monetary subsidies from the Union Authorities.
Gogoi supplied MoFPI data accessible in public area, which present that Delight East was among the many 70 ‘challenge execution businesses’ cleared for establishing agro processing cluster initiatives underneath the scheme.
Riniki was listed because the lead promoter of the challenge to arrange such a challenge at Darigazi village in Assam’s Nagaon district, considered one of seven underneath the scheme within the state. For this challenge, estimated to price Rs 25 crore, a grant of Rs 10 crore – the utmost quantity accessible underneath the scheme – was accepted on November 10, 2022, data present.
Though data from the Parliament share by Gogoi in addition to the ministry web site, present that grant-in-aid of Rs 10 crore underneath a Central scheme was accepted for Riniki’s firm to arrange a meals processing unit in Assam, Riniki has stated that her agency had not claimed the subsidy.
She has additionally threatened Gaurav Gogoi with a defamation go well with for a similar quantity.
In a press release, Riniki stated the corporate “has neither claimed nor obtained a single paisa of presidency subsidy, regardless of assembly all of the eligibility standards”. “That is nothing however an assault to malign and defame a 17-year outdated Assamese enterprise, which has adhered to each facet of the legislation, headed by a lady entrepreneur. To guard the status of our hardworking workers from this slanderous marketing campaign of Sri Gaurav Gogoi… I’m thereby constrained to file a case of defamation with 10 crore in damages towards him,” she acknowledged.
Nevertheless, Gaurav Gogoi has continued to press the fees, and has additionally requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi
