Akhil Gogoi questions, Himanta replies and Riniki issues press release

Disclose details of cash, Akhil dares Himanta

By our Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, July 4: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) secretary Akhil Gogoi today caught Assam Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the “wrong foot” in the manner of payment he had made while purchasing two luxurious cars costing Rs 40 lakh in the name of his five-year-old daughter Sukanya Sharma in March and April, 2008. Gogoi, also an RTI activist, dared the minister to disclose within 24 hours facts like from which bank or banks and when he had withdrawn the amount to make cash payment to two car dealers — Ghosh Brothers Automobiles and Gargia Auto Limited — or a public apology failing which he (Gogoi) would disclose all his corruption in social, political and financial spheres within two months. The RTI activist also claimed to have acquired all information regarding the misdeeds of Himanta Biswa Sarma from his political colleagues, persons whom he was protecting, and various other sources.