(MENAFN- NewsBytes) 27 May 2017: Punjab mines auction: Minister's 'cook' bags Rs. 26 crore deal
Leaving the Amarinder government shamefaced, a report revealed that a former cook of Punjab's MLA Rana Gurjit won the bid for Rs. 26 crore.
A look into his financials revealed that in the last 3 years he had "filed income tax returns of less than Rs. 100,000".
Amit Bahadur's (the bidder) SBI account had a balance of mere Rs. 4,840 as of 1 April.
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The cook is missing and irrigation minister Rana Gurjit has distanced himself from the controversy.
He has maintained that the cook left employment before seeking mining rights and that he does not have a stake in the e-bid business.
Interestingly, Rana Gurjit is the "richest MLA of Punjab's current assembly" with a reported wealth of Rs. 169 crore.
Fact: Opposition unimpressed, says Gurjit behind the scam
H.S. Phoolka, Punjab's leader of opposition said: "Gurjit must have asked Bahadur to quit a month before the mining sites were auctioned. How can a man with a salary of Rs. 11,000 deposit Rs. 13 crore and win rights for mining worth Rs. 26 crore?"
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