Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma awarded a contract for Covid Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to a company linked to his wife and grossly overpaid for the gear, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged on Saturday.
The "big expose" by the Aam Aadmi Party leader followed a teaser by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and was pitched as a response to the arrest of Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain in an alleged money laundering case.
"Himanta Biswa Sarma awarded the contract to his wife's company. He paid ₹ 990 for the PPE kits while others were purchased at ₹ 600 a piece from another company on the same day. This is a huge crime," Mr Sisodia claimed, saying he had the documents to prove so.
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