The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the MP government has estimated the E-tender scam to be worth ₹3000 crores. Even though corruption allegations have been confirmed, the Shivraj Singh government has not filed a complaint against the accused people.
After Vyapam, the E-tender scam is the second large-scale corruption allegation to hit the Shivraj government.
In the scam reported by Economic Times, few selected bidders were given access to the government online platforms, due to which they were able to view the confidential prices of other bidders.
Reports pointed out that there was massive tampering on the online platform of Madhya Pradesh government to favour a few bidders. The scam was, “Suspected to have been going on for years now, it was exposed only in May this year.”
To figure out how the tampering took place, the Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam (MPJNL) took the help of the the nodal department which hosts the portal—the State Electronics Development Corporation (MPSEDC).
The MPSEDC sent notices to cancel six more contracts from public works department, water resources department, MP Road Development Corporation and project implementation unit.
The service providers Tata Consultancy Services and Antares System did not deny the existence of fraud in the biddings.
Manish Rastogi, MPSEDC managing director, an IAS officer after his thorough investigation of the three contracts made it very clear that the altercation on the e-procurement system happened.
Meanwhile, Ajay Singh, Congress leader and MP Vidhan Sabha leader of opposition, wrote a letter to the prime minister Narendra Modi demanding a CBI probe on the matter under the supervision of the apex court. However, he has not received a reply, reported National Herald.