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Prabin Kalita | TNN

Manish Sisodia gets summon from Assam court over defamation case filed by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Himanta Biswa Sarma Manish Sisodia Assam Riniki Bhuyan Sarma Guwahati New Delhi

GUWAHATI: A local court in Guwahati has summoned Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia to appear on September 29 in a defamation case filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Himanta Biswa Sarma had lodged a criminal defamation case against Manish Sisodia over allegations he made during a press conference linking Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma in a corruption case in the supply of personal protection equipment in 2020 when there was a shortage of PPE kits in the state.

Sarma was the health and family welfare minister in 2020 during the first BJP-led state government.

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