The leader of the Shaktisinh Gohil Congress. File | Photo Credit: Hind
Bachubhai Maganbhai Khabad, which claimed that Gujarat Panchayat and Minister of Agriculture used funds under the Warranty Act of Rural Employment (MGNGA), who used funds on Monday and demanded Monday on Monday.
When a member of Rajya Sabha and a spokesman for Shaktisinh Gohil addressed, “a well planned conspiracy that would spike MGNGA funds designed for poor rural workers,”.
Various work orders were issued and the money was requested several times against the same plot for different types of work, Mr. Gohil said.
The leader of the congress, who shows what he claimed to be documentary evidence, said that the same conspiracy was used to build a flood outflow, storm walls, dams, well and even for soil leveling and creating a forest through tree plantation.
“The funds were not only siphonic in the name of the work, but also provided the material for work Raj Constructions, a company owned by the son of Minister Balwant Khabad,” said Gohil.
Congress’s leader said that MGNGA funds were assigned mainly to ensure the employment of rural unemployment, while only a small amount was purchased for the supply of material to be purchased from a supplier offering the lowest price.
“The contract for the delivery of the material was awarded to the son of the Minister, although he was not the lowest candidate,” Gohil said.
Congress’s leader also expressed a shock over the collapse of the Gambhira bridge, who led to death at least 12 people.
He claimed that it was the result of corruption prevailing in Gujarat under the BJP mode.
“Local people, including Zila Parisad members, complained in writing against the dilapidated state of the bridge because they were shaking, but the authorities took no remark,” Gohil said.
Congress’s leader claimed that the joints and bridge deposits were recently repaired at huge costs. “It should be a question to find out what went wrong despite the huge amount of money spent to repair it,” he said.
Published – 9 July 2025 22:39
