In a major embarrassment to the Congress Government, the Himachal Vigilance Bureau has found no evidence of irregularities in the procurement, transportation and processing of pulses in the infamous pulses scam which rocked the State during previous BJP Government.
The alleged scam which also found mention in the Congress charge-sheet was probed by the Vigilance Bureau after the irregularities surfaced during the previous BJP Government and Congress then in Opposition had made it an issue, even during Assembly elections.
Vigilance Bureau though found evidence of tampering of tender conditions and two officers of food and civil supplies department were suspended against whom departmental enquiry is underway and chargesheet has been submitted in the anti-corruption court.
The chargesheet include the name of Delhi-based firm Munish Kumar-Mohit Kumar and include the names of proprietor Mahendra Mittal.The information in this regard was given by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Food and Civil Supplies Minister GS Bali.
In his reply in the ongoing Budget session of the Assembly, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said that complaint number 3/12 was received in this case and FIR 1/2012 was lodged by Vigilance Bureau on February 4, 2012 and in one part of complaint regarding alteration of tender conditions to suit a particular party, two officers of the department were suspended.