Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (extreme right) with his wife Riniki Bhuyan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma on Wednesday outrightly refuted allegations of malpractice by a firm owned by her in the supply of PPE kits during the Covid-19 pandemic, calling the accusations “unfounded”She was responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.responding to a news report published by The Wire, which in collaboration with Guwahati-based website The Cross Current, that alleged based on RTI replies that emergency medical supply orders during the Covid-19 pandemic were given to four firms, of which three were linked to Bhuyan, and the Assam CM family’s business associates.The report claimed that an order of 5,000 PPE kits was placed with JCB Industries, owned by Bhuyan. Despite no history of procuring medical supplies, the company was given the order by National Health Mission-Assam without following tendering process, the report claimed said. CM Sarma was the state health minister at that time.
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