Maha BJP alleges graft in tendering of COVID-19 care centres

    Mumbai, Mar 4 (PTI) BJP leaders, including former
chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, staged a protest outside the
Vidhan Bhavan here on Thursday over alleged corruption in the
tendering process of COVID-19 care centres in the state.
    One of the banners that the BJP leaders held read:
"Condemn the government which spent Rs 3.77 crore more than
expected expenditure for Covid Care Centres."
    The leaders of the opposition party in the state did
not name the centres where the alleged corruption took place.
    BJP leaders, including Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil,
Girish Mahajan and Ashish Shelar, also raised slogans against
the Shiv Sena-led state government.
    The budget session of the state Assembly began on
March 1.
    On Tuesday, Fadnavis, speaking in the Legislative
Assembly, alleged corruption in the measures taken by the
Maharashtra government in handling the COVID-19 situation in
the state.
    He had also referred to a central survey and said the
number of COVID-19 deaths in Maharashtra could have been
lesser by 30,900 and the cases by 9.55 lakh had the state
government handled the situation properly.
    Maharashtra's COVID-19 caseload is 21,79,185 and the
fatality count is 52,280 as on March 3, as per state health
department. PTI ENM
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