Stepping up its assault on the Congress authorities in Punjab, the BJP on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and state well being minister Balbir Singh Sidhu over alleged corruption in the award of contract for COVID-19 kits to personal corporations. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed the state authorities first gave a young for ‘Fateh’ kits for coronavirus sufferers to a agency for Rs 837 for a single unit after which awarded two extra tenders in the subsequent few weeks for Rs 1,226 and Rs 1,338 per unit throughout April.
The final tender price almost 60 p.c greater than the primary one, he mentioned, accusing the Congress of discovering means for corruption and rip-off even throughout the instances of a pandemic. “It is a matter of shame that the Congress is doing scam during the pandemic,” he alleged at a press convention.
Firms that acquired the tender additionally didn’t have a compulsory drug licence, he alleged, a day after opposition events in the state, together with the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party, alleged irregularities in the acquisition of ‘Fateh’ kits. A ‘Fateh’ equipment accommodates a pulse oximeter, a thermometer, face masks, a steamer, sanitisers, vitamin C, zinc tablets and a few medicines for COVID-19 sufferers.
Noting that the Congress authorities had bought vaccines to personal hospitals “at a profit” with the personal amenities promoting them to folks at a a lot larger value, Bhatia alleged that Singh has no proper to proceed as chief minister. There can’t be a good probe as long as Sidhu stays the well being minister, the BJP spokesperson mentioned, and demanded his resignation.
There is a “suit-boot ki sarkar” in Punjab which desires the poor to pay for vaccination at personal hospitals, he claimed. “The guilty should be punished,” Bhatia mentioned, and likewise demanded that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi break their “silence” on the matter.
The recent accusation comes a couple of days after the opposition accused the Punjab authorities of diverting coronavirus vaccines to personal hospitals. The Punjab authorities had final week requested personal hospitals to return all vaccine shares meant for the 18-44 age group, following extreme criticism.
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