‘PM called us 10% government, but contractors told him how much BJP leaders are demanding’
The Hindu
Congress demands CBI enquiry monitored by SC judge into allegations of corruption
KALABURAGI
Taking serious note of the recent letter written by Karnataka State Contractors’ Association’s president D. Kempanna to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that contractors in the State were forced to pay a bribe of up to 40% of the project cost to government officers and elected representatives to get their dues cleared, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil demanded that the Union Government order a thorough investigation into the allegations by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the supervision of a sitting Supreme Court judge.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, in one of his election rallies in Karnataka when Congress leader Siddaramaiah was the head of the government, alleged that State Government was a 10% government. Now, contractors have officially written to Mr. Modi alleging that they are forced to pay bribes of up to 40% of the project cost to authorities and politicians in the BJP government. Mr. Modi should order an enquiry by the CBI. Since we have no full faith in the CBI under the BJP government, we also demand that the investigation be monitored by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court,” Mr. Patil said at a press conference at the Congress office in Kalaburagi on November 23.