Subsidy row: Assam court restrains Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi from making any statement
Congress Member of Parliament, Gaurav Gogoi from making any statement, uploading, circulating and disseminating any news in furtherance to his statement till November 9.
Gogoi has levelled allegations against Pride East Entertainment Pvt Ltd.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has sent a letter to Prime minister Narendra Modi seeking intervention on the issue of allocation of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) subsidy, implemented by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries to the family member of Assam Chief Minister.
Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and chairperson and Managing Director of Pride East had filed a Rs 10 Crore defamation suit against Gogoi.
The court of civil Judge Number 1 Kamrup (Metro) has issued this interim injunction. Earlier Gogoi had sent a letter to Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal seeking to know if the Pride East Entertainment Private Limited has received Rs 10 Crore subsidy from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY).
In the letter to Modi, Gogoi stated, “It has come to notice that the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Gol under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) and Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Clusters has allocated an amount of Rs 10 Crores to Pride East Entertainments Private Limited, the promoter of which is Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, the wife ofChief Minister of Assam, Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma."
He added, «On the 22nd of March, 2023, Piyush Goyal,Minister of Commerce and Industry while replying to questions in Lok Sabha as to whether the Government has taken initiative to invest in Assam in order support the promotion of industries, has given a list of Food Processing Projects
