Punjab Congress leader Sukhjinder Raj Singh (lalli) Majithia on Saturday claimed that a Rs 915 crore scam took place in allocation of power tenders related to eight of the nine sugar mills in Punjab, alleging complicity by former Akali Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia.
Addressing a Press conference, lalli alleged gross irregularities and nepotism in allocation of tenders for upgradation, modernisation and installation of co-generation in the eight mills, resulting in huge losses to the state exchequer and rendering the Co-operative Sugar mills (CSMs) across the state incapable of being self- sustaining.
He charged Majithia with indulging in favouritism in order take over all the Cooperative Sugar Mills in the garb of value addition through co-generation.
The total estimated loss from 2010-11 — the year in which these projects should have been operational — till now is `915 crore, which is mounting by the day and would continue to increase till the time co-generation plants are put up and made functional, said lalli, demanding a Special Investigation Team to be set up to probe the multi-crore scam and bring the guilty to book.