PPE Kit row: AAP Assam files FIR against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: The Assam unit of the Aam Aadmi Party has recorded a FIR against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the supposed abnormalities in securing PPE packs in Assam in 2020.

The AAP Assam’s Guwahati Chapter likewise organized a dissent rally against the Chief Minister requesting the Governor of Assam quickly suspended him from the post.

The AAP recorded the grievance officially at the Latasil Police Station following the dissent rally.

State Secretary Victor Gogoi who recorded the protest for the benefit of the party, affirmed irregularities in acquiring PPE packs in Assam in 2020 by the state government.

In the protest, the AAP said, “When Sarma was wellbeing clergyman of Assam in 2020, his significant other’s organization, JCB Industries, and his family partner’s organization, Meditime Healthcare, got requests to secure PPE units at the expense of Rs 990 a piece. This was notwithstanding the way that the public authority had a choice to purchase packs at an expense of Rs 600 from different vendors.”

The protest additionally read, “Colleagues of Sarma’s child likewise got a request from the public authority to give PPE units at an expense of Rs 990 for each pack. An organization claimed by colleague of Sarma’s better half, Agile Associates, got a request to convey 10,000 PPE packs at an expense of Rs 2,205 for every unit.”

The FIR by AAP named Himanta Biswa Sarma, his better half and Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, Gyanasham Dhanuka, Rajib Bora and other unidentified people.