Guwahati Court Bars Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi From Commenting Against CM Sarma’s Wife Until Next Hearing In Defamation Case

The Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Kamrup Metro in Guwahati on September 27 barred Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi from commenting or maligning the image of Chairman and Managing Director of Pride East Entertainments Private Limited Riniki Bhuyan Sharma on any platform including social media until the date of the next hearing in a defamation case she had filed against him.

Don’t Comment On CM Sarma’s Wife: Guwahati Court To Gaurav Gogoi

The next date of hearing has been fixed for November 9. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma had filed a defamation suit against Gaurav Gogoi for leveling allegations that her firm received a subsidy of Rs 10 crore from the Central government.

“To protect the reputation of our hardworking employees from this slanderous campaign of Sri Gaurav Gogoi – Hon’ble Member of Parliament, I am thereby constrained to file a case of defamation with Rs 10 cr in damages against him in the court of law,” Riniki Bhuyan Sharma said in a statement.

“This is nothing but an attack to malign and defame a 17-year-old Assamese enterprise, which has adhered to every aspect of the law, headed by a woman entrepreneur,” the statement read.

A war of words ensued between CM Sarma and Gaurav Gogoi after the latter alleged that CM Sarma had helped his wife’s firm to get a subsidy of Rs 10 crore from the Central government under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY).