In a transfer which will additional bitter the connection between the Delhi authorities and the Centre, the Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) has really helpful a preliminary inquiry by the CBI into the procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the AAP authorities. MHA Further Secretary (Union Territory) Govind Mohan wrote a letter to the Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev on August 16 informing the Delhi authorities in regards to the CBI probe.
“I’m scripting this in reference to the acquisition of 1,000 low-floor buses by the Delhi authorities and the report submitted by the three-member committee constituted by the Authorities of NCT Delhi for an in depth enquiry into the matter….The matter has been examined on this ministry and with the approval of competent authority, the DoPT has been requested to take crucial motion for enterprise Preliminary Enquiry within the matter by the Central Bureau of Investigation,” PTI reported quoting the MHA letter.
The Delhi authorities, nevertheless, has refuted the costs of corruption. It accused the Centre of harassing the state authorities by utilizing the CBI. “BJP ought to do a CBI inquiry, nothing will come out of it. Earlier additionally Shunglu committee had examined 450 recordsdata, they didn’t discover something,” stated AAP spokesperson and MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Delhi BJP had raised the matter of corruption within the annual upkeep contract (AMC) of the bus procurement by the Delhi Transport Company (DTC) in Delhi Meeting in March this 12 months. Lt Governor Anil Baijal had fashioned a three-member committee in June which had discovered procedural flaws within the AMC. The committee had really helpful scrapping the AMC. The LG had referred the matter to the MHA in July for its consideration.
Delhi BJP MLA Vijender Gupta alleged a rip-off of hundreds of crores of rupees in bus procurement. “The CBI enquiry has begun within the DTC bus procurement rip-off. The Delhi transport minister needs to be instantly eliminated and arrested,” stated Gupta.
In response to PTI, the DTC had final 12 months floated two separate tenders for procurement of 1,000 low ground buses and their AMC. The procurement contract was for Rs 850 crore, whereas the AMC for 12 years was price Rs 3,412 crore. The bus procurement contract was awarded to JBM Auto and Tata Motors on a 70:30 ratio. The previous was L 1 bidder within the AMC tender, officers stated. The Delhi authorities had put the bus procurement course of on maintain in June, deciding to attend for the end result of the three-member committee fashioned by the L-G to look into the matter.
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