more-inThe State government has set up a one-member panel to study the recommendations of the Gaikwad Committee, which probed the alleged ₹6,000 crore scam in the Tribal Welfare Department during the previous Congress-NCP regime. The panel was set up under retired IAS officer Prabhakar Karandikar. The Gaikwad Committee was instituted to inquire into the alleged ₹6,000 crore scam between 2004 and 2009 during the tenure of NCP leader and Tribal Welfare Minister Vijaykumar Gavit, who is now a BJP MLA. A prominent BJP tribal leader, Mr. Gavit is MLA from Nandurbar and his daughter is a BJP Rajya Sabha MP. A PIL was filed in the HC in 2014, alleging the Tribal Welfare Department made purchases without calling for tenders.

Source: The Hindu October 07, 2017 02:03 UTC