Tender imbroglio
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 09 2013 :
Seeking Chief Minister O Ibobi's intervention into the controversy over selection of transport contractors in Social Welfare Department, All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) and Thadou Students' Association (TSA) have urged the Chief Minister to declare the whole tender and selection process null and void.
The student bodies said that several civil society bodies, KSO, SNPO, CDSU, TSA and VACC etc have already claimed that the tender and selection of transport contractors in the Department was pre-planned in favour of a few individuals.
However, Social Welfare Minister AK Mirabai is maintaining silence as if nothing wrong has happened in the tender process, it added.
The student bodies pointed its finger of suspicion to a man who remained inside the room of the Tender Committee after closing of tender.
Saying that there was no such irregularity during the tenure of former Social Welfare Minister N Loken, the student bodies urged the Chief Minister to instruct the present Social Welfare Minister to issue fresh tender notification at the earliest in order to avoid unwanted incidents in future.