New Delhi, Nov. 11:
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has approached Central Vigilance
Commissioner Pradip Kumar demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
probe into the public-private partnership at the Indira Gandhi International
Airport here.
CVC sources said the panel would take appropriate action on the
complaint.
The letter to the CVC, signed by five CPI (M) MPs, including deputy
leader of the party in Lok Sabha P. Karunakaran, said certain individuals in
the Government helped the private developer to make undue profit at various
stages, starting from the bidding, lease of land and imposing user development
fee.
Drawing the CVC’s attention to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s
report on the PPP project in Delhi airport, the MPs said a thorough CBI probe
on all aspects of the issue will expose the links between certain individuals
and the private developer.
CBI probe on coal scam was initiated on the suggestion by the CVC after
two BJP MPs approached it on the issue.
“There is rampant corruption in leasing of the land. The CAG had also
reported this in their report.
The Government’s inaction is shameful. That is why we approached the
CVC,” Karunakaran toldBusiness Line. A section of the Congress was also
willing for a CBI probe into the issue. The Nationalist Congress Party was
holding the civil aviation portfolio in UPA-I.
No Wrongdoing: DIAL
A spokesperson of the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee was discussing the CAG report on the
airport project.
The statement added that the letter from the CPI (M) does not contain
anything new.
“We wish to reiterate that most of these points have been settled by the
highest court of the land and, more importantly, even ratified by the Airport
Economic Regulatory Authority in many cases,” the statement added.
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