‘PAC charges on COVID-19 management politically motivated’
The Hindu
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The Opposition Congress has been alleging corruption in procurement of COVID-19 material by the State government during the pandemic. Recently, the State Legislature’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) identified several lapses in procurement of COVID-19 material resulting in additional expenditure worth many crores. However, in an interview with The Hindu, Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar said that the PAC’s charges are ‘politically motivated’ and PAC has only “dug a hill and found a rat.”
Excerpts from the interview
This is totally false. The PAC’s findings are politically motivated. Targeting and criticising the government on COVID-19 management has become a habit with the opposition Congress. There is no better system of procurement other than what we have followed.
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