Delhi Politics : CBI's entry in another Delhi Scam case ! | Bus Purchase Case | Low Floor Buses

A proposal to forward a complaint to the CBI into alleged “irregularities” in purchase of 1,000 low-floor buses by the Delhi Transport Corporation was approved by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, an official said on Saturday, reported news agency PTI. A complaint addressed to Saxena in June this year had highlighted the appointment of the Minister of Transport as the chairman of the committee for tendering and procurement of buses by DTC in a “premeditated manner”.

Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government refuted the claim saying that the buses were never bought, reported ABP News. As per the report, the AAP governmnent said that the tender to purchase those buses were cancelled so no bus was bought. 

The complainant also claimed that the appointment of Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS) as bid management consultant for this tender was done with an aim to facilitate wrongdoing. 

As per the report citing its sources, a complaint was made into alleged irregularities in a July 2019 procurement bid for 1,000 low floor BS-IV and BS-VI buses, and another bid made in March 2020 for the purchase and annual maintenance contract for low-floor BS-VI buses,