Assam CM helped wife’s firm get ₹10 crore subsidy: Congress
The Hindu
Congress alleges Assam CM helped wife's firm secure ₹10cr subsidy under Central project. CM denies allegation. Congress MP Gogoi posts story & questions if Central schemes meant to enrich BJP. CM reiterates no subsidies received. Gogoi posts link to Ministry's website.
GUWAHATI
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma helped a firm associated with his wife secure a subsidy of ₹10 crore under a Central project of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, the Congress party has alleged.
The Chief Minister dismissed the allegation outright.
The Ministry’s website lists the firms approved for subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana’s programme for agro-processing clusters. At number 10 on the list is Pride East Entertainment Private Limited, alongside a column sporting the name of Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the Chief Minister’s wife.
The firm’s project cost is shown as ₹25.877 crore, and the grant approved is shown as ₹10 crore on the list. The subsidy is reportedly for establishing a food processing plant in central Assam’s Nagaon district.
Sharing a story done by a news portal on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi posted on Tuesday night: “Adarnya Pradhan Mantri [respected Prime Minister] Modi, your government has given Rs 10 crore subsidy to a private company run by the wife of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa’s wife. Is this revdi or rabri [sweet dishes, in an allusion to corruption]? Is this why people are paying tax?”
“PM Modi launched the Kisan Sampada scheme to double the income of farmers of India. But in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma used his influence to help his wife’s firm get ₹10 crore as part of a credit-linked subsidy. Are Central government schemes meant to enrich BJP?” Mr. Gogoi wrote in another post on Wednesday.
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