After Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife and entrepreneur Riniki Bhuyan Sharma decided to file a lawsuit against Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, CM Sarma argued that if owners of other news channels are allowed to operate their businesses, why can’t his wife do the same.
Himanta Biswa Sarma’s Wife Got Rs 10 Crore Government Subsidy?CM Sarma Refutes Congress Charge
During a press conference in Guwahati on September 14, the CM questioned, “If the owners of other news channels can have their businesses, why can’t my wife, who owns a media company, have any such?”
CM Sarma issued a challenge to anyone who could show that his wife had received government assistance. He declared that he would resign as Chief Minister if any concrete evidence emerged to support the claims of his wife or her firm benefiting from the alleged subsidy.
During a public exchange of words between the two political figures, Gaurav Gogoi asserted that a company linked to Sarma’s wife had allegedly received Rs 10 crore as part of a credit-linked subsidy under a central government scheme.