Himanta's wife files Rs 10 cr defamation suit against Gaurav Gogoi

Updated: Sep 23 2023 1:09PM

Himanta's wife files Rs 10 cr defamation suit against Gaurav Gogoi

Guwahati, Sep 23 (PTI) Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, has filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi for "false" allegations of irregularities in a food processing project.

Senior advocate Devajit Saikia, her counsel, told PTI that the case has been filed at the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) of Kamrup Metropolitan on Friday and it will be moved on September 26.

"My client has claimed a defamation of Rs 10 crore against Gaurav Gogoi for various tweets on X. We have made it very clear that we never made any application to receive subsidy," he added.

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