In the wake of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that industrialist Anil Ambani was being favoured in rolling out an insurance policy in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government Saturday said the scheme has been implemented in a fair and transparent manner.
“Dispelling the rhetorical misgivings being created about the Group Medical Health Insurance Scheme rolled out by the JK government recently, the state government Saturday made it clear that the scheme has been implemented after following all the required procedures in a fair and most transparent manner,” a spokesperson said here.
Gandhi took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday for allegedly favouring Anil Ambani after the Jammu and Kashmir government gave his company the contract for executing the government employees mediclaim policy.
“When your BFF is the PM, you can get the 1,30,000 Cr. Rafale deal, even without relevant experience. But wait. There’s more! Apparently, 4,00,000 JK Govt staff will also be arm twisted into buying health insurance ONLY from your company!,” the Congress president tweeted, tagging a media report which suggested Anil Ambani was being favoured.
Gandhi’s comments also referred to the offset deal between French aerospace giant Dassault Aviation and Ambani’s Reliance Defence after the BJP-led NDA government entered into an agreement with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets.
The state government spokesperson said the entire bidding process has been done in a competitive, clean and transparent manner in line with the Financial Rules and Regulations as well as Chief Vigilance Commissioner guidelines.