Chennai:
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s plan to shift to a brand new workplace has landed him in the course of a raging political controversy, with the Opposition alleging irregularities within the tender course of.
Vijay intends to shift the Chief Minister’s Workplace from Fort St. George to Namakkal Kavingar Maaligai in Chennai to supply extra workspace for his workers. Based on stories, building is already underway.
Not too long ago, a Rs 5.5-crore tender was floated by the federal government for the shifting.
Levelling the first-ever corruption allegation towards the three-month-old authorities, the Bharatiya Janata Occasion alleged that the tender had been launched a month after building commenced.
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“In stark distinction to all of the tall claims made by the brand new TVK authorities about bringing in transparency to the federal government tender course of, a information article by a number one each day immediately has overtly alleged many discrepancies within the tender course of in reference to the brand new chief minister’s workplace for Vijay. The article states that the tender work is price about Rs 5.5 crores, and that there have been a number of irregularities within the tender course of. It has been solely 100 days for the reason that TVK authorities got here to energy, and already the federal government is beneath the scanner,” mentioned BJP chief CR Kesavan.
DMK MLA EV Velu additionally reacted to the row.
“Shifting his workplace is his private alternative. We will not intervene in it. Even we’re completely satisfied in a method with the chief minister shifting his workplace, as that constructing was constructed by Kalaignar Karunanidhi. However an Indian newspaper report says there are irregularities within the tender, which was not floated on-line both. We search clarification from the federal government. You talk about purity in tenders. However information stories say the tender has been invited after works started for the workplace,” he mentioned.
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TVK Reacts
Tamil Nadu minister Aadhav Arjuna has refuted the allegations.
“The information stories are false,” he mentioned.
“The chief minister feels that similar to him, everybody else who’s working with him must also have a snug workspace. His officers and workers are actually working in an area that is not even 100 sq ft. That is why we’re planning a brief shift of his workplace. Our chief minister is somebody who’s naturally right down to earth and versatile…Throughout campaigns, he’ll even be okay with resting in a easy lodge or a van,” he added.
