Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sept 11: The investigation into Delhi’s acquisition of 1,000 low-floor buses have been authorised by Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena, intensifying tension with the national capital’s Aam Aadmi Party administration led by Arvind Kejriwal.
The Delhi government has retaliated, claiming that the investigation was politically driven and that the Lieutenant-Governor should first exonerate himself of the corruption allegations made against him.
According to officials, the Delhi Transport Corporation purchased 1,000 low-floor buses, and the CBI has been entrusted with conducting an investigation. On the advice of the chief secretary, Naresh Kumar, the decision was made to refer the case to the investigation team.
A complaint regarding alleged corruption and irregularities in the appointment of the Delhi Transport Minister as the committee’s chairman and the appointment of Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) as the management consultant to allegedly facilitate irregularities in the purchase of the buses was made to the Lieutenant Governor in June.
Following the complaint from the previous year, the bus purchase tender was cancelled.
According to officials, the Lieutenant Governor had complained to the Chief Secretary in July, and the Chief Secretary had reported back to the Lieutenant Governor in August.
