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My wife is innocent: Assam CM on PPE kit scam

My wife is innocent: Assam CM on PPE kit scam
Written by Manzoor-ul-Hassan
Jun 05, 2022, 01:50 pm 3 min read
My wife is innocent: Assam CM on PPE kit scam
CM Sarma's wife too denied allegations of PPE kit scam.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday threatened Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for accusing him of corruption over the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sisodia accused Sarma and his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma of alleged corruption through her company He had also questioned the BJP for remaining silent on the issue.

Context
Why does this story matter?
  • At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Assam was in an acute shortage of PPE kits.
  • Following this, the then-Assam Health Minister Sarma placed urgent orders with several firms for emergency COVID-19-related supplies.
  • The Assam government had also procured 50,000 PPE kits from Guangzhou in China.
  • The Wire reported that Bhuyan Sarma's firm had also received bulk orders from National Health Mission (NHM), Assam.
Response
PPE kits were part of CSR project

CM Sarma stated that the 1,500 PPE kits provided by the company in question were part of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and no government funds were used. "Manish bhai, this is not corruption, it's humanity. My wife hasn't committed a crime, she tried to help Assam at the time of its biggest crisis. Throwing muck is unacceptable. You will face legal consequences," he tweeted.

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Look at the series of tweets by CM

The company in question wrote to Assam’s NHM stating that supply of around 1,500 PPE kits for Covid warriors must be treated as CSR contribution and hence not a single rupee must be paid by Govt. pic.twitter.com/HnFbs5ZbPy

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 5, 2022
Statement
CM's wife had also denied allegations of scam

On Wednesday, Bhuyan Sarma also denied allegations of a scam by her company—JCB Industries—in the supply of PPE kits during the pandemic. Taking to Twitter, she had called the accusations published on The Wire "unfounded." The report mentioned the Assam government had ordered COVID-19-related emergency supplies from four firms, three of which were linked to Bhuyan Sarma and the Sarma family's business associate.

Details
What were the allegations made in the report?

As per The Wire report, Agile Associates, a firm belonging to Rajib Bora, Sarma's former business associate, delivered 10,000 PPE kits to the NHM in April 2020 at Rs. 2,200 per piece. Previously, the state health ministry, then led by Sarma, had issued urgent orders to his wife's firm JCB Industries and his family's business associate Ghanshyam Dhanuka's firm Meditime Healthcare for Rs. 990/kit.

RTI
Firms didn't complete 'urgent' order on time

The Wire report, which cites certain Right to Information (RTI) replies, also revealed both JCB Industries and Dhanuka's Meditime Healthcare didn't supply the complete "urgent" order given by the government on time. Still, they received more orders at a higher rate. However, Dhanuka's firms have been regular suppliers to the state health department even in the Congress era when Sarma was the health minister.

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Manzoor ul Hassan is a multi-media journalist and writer. His stories on healthcare, politics, society, and lifestyle were published by leading news organisations. He is currently working as a National Writer for NewsBytes. He has previously worked for national and international news organisations such as ARD (German TV), Healthwire.co, ORF Austria, Pear Video, BBC, and NDTV.
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