‘Welfare Dept has become fund manager of BJP’
Bhopal: Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Ajay Singh demanded to withdraw contracts awarded worth crores of rupees and suspend transferring process after the implementing of Model Code of Conduct. He said that the Public Welfare Department has become fund manager of BJP and demanded to remove all those misusing their powers to benefit BJP. After regaining power Congress would enquire. Ajay Singh alleged that after implementation of Model Code of Conduct on October 6 the Principal Secretary and Engineer-in-Chief awarded contracts of construction work in the night. In Jabalpur city five flyovers of Rs 700 crore are included in these contracts and this tender is awarded without pre-qualification check and State BJP President and MP Rakesh Singh is from this region. In the same manner huge number of transfers have been done in the past three days.
4 labourers killed in road mishap
Khargone: Four labourers were killed and 15 others injured Sunday when their bus collided with a truck near here in Madhya Pradesh. The mishap took place on the Indore-Kasrawad Road, about 50km from here. "A bus belonging to a factory was on its way to drop labourers to their homes after the night shift when it collided with a truck," Khargone Superintendent of Police (SP) D Kalyan Chakrabarti said. "Four persons, identified as Pankaj (20), Amit (22), Rahul (22) and Rajesh (25), were killed on the spot, while 15 others injured," he said. All the injured were being treated at Kasrawad Hospital, the police officer said. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway, Chakrabarti added.