Gujarat Congress seeks white paper on Metro rail scam

Congress today slammed the Gujarat government over the alleged scam in Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro rail project and demanded a white paper on it.

Referring to the recent arrest of former Executive Chairman of Metrolink Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) and former IAS officer Sanjay Gupta by CID in the Rs 113 crore scam, the Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela sought a “free and fair probe” into it.

“For the Metro project, Gujarat government selected those officers, who were already facing several inquiries. By appointing such tainted officers, the BJP-led government has put the entire project in jeopardy. I doubt if Metro will ever reach Gandhinagar,” Vaghela said in a release today.

He alleged that Metro project scam is much larger than the amount mentioned in the FIR.

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