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    Home » India News » Congress Alleges That Smriti Irani Misused MPLAD Funds

    Congress Alleges That Smriti Irani Misused MPLAD Funds

    By News DeskMarch 14, 2019Updated:April 2, 2021 India News 5 Comments3 Mins Read
    Congress Alleges That Smriti Irani Misused MPLAD Funds
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    Smriti Irani, the Union Textile Minister, selected Anand district as her nodal district for implementation of works under the MPLAD scheme.

    Citing a CAG report indicting Union Minister Smriti Irani for making a payment of nearly Rs. 6 crores from MPLAD funds without a tender, Congress on Thursday demanded her sacking and also registering an FIR against the BJP MP from Gujarat.

    “Time has come to sack Union Minister Smriti Irani and lodge an FIR against her for proper investigation under Prevention of Corruption Act, and different provisions of Indian Penal Code,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted pointing to the CAG findings.

    Case Of Alleged Misuse Of Public Money

    “This is a clear-cut case of misuse of office and fraud vis-a-vis public money and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately sack Irani and order for initiating criminal proceedings against her.”

    The CAG report on the general and social sector for the year ended March 2017, has charged Ms Irani with “injudicious awarding of works under MPLADS to an NGO without inviting tenders resulted in the irregular payment of Rs. 5.93 crore including fraudulent payment of Rs. 84.53 lakh to the NGO”.

    Ms Irani, the Union Textile Minister, selected Anand district as her nodal district for implementation of works under the MPLAD scheme.

    “Audit observed that the selection of the NGO (Sharda Majoor Kamdar Co-operative Society), as implementing authority was in contravention of the scheme guidelines and government instructions, as no tender procedure was followed for its selection,” reads the report.

    Matter Reported To BJP Gujarat Govt

    Reporting the matter to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Gujarat, the CAG recommended investigating all the works by the NGO.

    “Since the tendering process, the scope of work awarded and payment processes were violated, therefore audit is of the view that these works are susceptible to fraudulent and irregular payments.

    “Audit recommends that the State Government should investigate all the works carried out by the NGO and fix responsibility on the Government officials responsible for the negligence. The matter was reported to the Government (September 2017). The reply is awaited (February 2018),” the report added.

    Fraud Committed Under Grants Received Under MPLAD

    Congress Gujarat MLA and spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said the NGO selected by Ms Irani is supposed to be a co-operative society of construction labourers, but all the members actually belong to the BJP.

    Mr Gohil also referred to a letter by the Anand district collector written on June 20, 2017, to the Deputy Secretary, General Administration Department, Gujarat pointing out the irregularities and the fraud being committed under the grants received under MPLAD.

    Gujarat Congress MLA Amit Chavda has also filed a PIL in the Gujarat High Court demanding an FIR against Ms Irani.

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    5 Comments

    1. Digpu on March 15, 2019 11:55 am

      Dear reader, Thank you for your valuable comments and feedback.

    2. Digpu on March 15, 2019 11:54 am

      Dear reader, Thank you for your valuable comments and feedback.

    3. Gauri on March 15, 2019 11:11 am

      Kyon ki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi….lol

    4. Naveen pandey on March 15, 2019 11:09 am

      Congress doesn’t have any concrete proofs. Sab chor hain.

    5. Prakash on March 15, 2019 11:07 am

      Anything said by congress nowadays seems like political propaganda.

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