MAHARASHTRA HAS A ANOTHER SCAM
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) spokesperson Sachin Sawant met ACB director Praveen Dixit and handed over a six-page memorandum detailing their charges.
Alleging a scam worth Rs230 crore in the purchase of various items for Aanganwadis in the state, the Congresson Wednesday approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) demanding a probe into the entire Women and Child Development (WCD) Department. The opposition also demanded removal of WCD minister Pankaja Munde from the state cabinet.
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) spokesperson Sachin Sawant met ACB director Praveen Dixit and handed over a six-page memorandum detailing their charges.
The Congress has alleged that despite rules mandating e-tendering for expenses above Rs3 lakh, the WCD had taken decisions for purchases worth Rs206 crore in a single day by clearing 24 proposals in 24 hours.
Among the 24 decisions are purchase of chikki or jaggery ground-nut sweet, carpets, water filters, medicines and uniforms for Aanganwadis, government centres aimed at development of women and development.
For the purchase of chikki, which is provided to children under the integrated child development scheme, Sawant alleged, a proposal worth Rs123 crore was cleared in just one meeting. He said that vendor Suryakanta Mahila Udyog from Vengurla (district Sindhudurg) was given the contract despite being banned by the Nagpur bench of the bombay high court.
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