MUMBAI: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya M Vallunj, assistant municipal commissioner of E ward, has accused M Vallunj of misusing his emergency powers during the COVID pandemic to give benefits of Rs 34 crore to his family. Walunj has denied the allegation.
Somaiya, in his complaint to the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday, said that the contracts have been awarded to Zinehealth Diagnostics Pvt Ltd. Ltd. and Genehealth Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd both were incorporated in August 2020. Vallunj’s father Radhakrishna He was a director in GeneHealth Diagnostics while in the case of another firm he was a designated partner.
“Tenders for procurement awarded to two newly established firms as per purchase orders received on BMC website” RT-PCR And antigen testing kits worth Rs 34 crore in 14 months,” Somaiya said.
Vallunge said his father was on the board of directors for only one month between June and July 2021, while the company was formed in 2020. “Tenders were not awarded at the ward level for Covid testing, but ICMR approved laboratories were empaneled, which conducted the tests. BMC. I was transferred from L Ward (Kurla) to E Ward (byculla) in July 2021 and in the E ward the said lab has not done a single test,” he said.
Somaiya, in his complaint to the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday, said that the contracts have been awarded to Zinehealth Diagnostics Pvt Ltd. Ltd. and Genehealth Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd both were incorporated in August 2020. Vallunj’s father Radhakrishna He was a director in GeneHealth Diagnostics while in the case of another firm he was a designated partner.
“Tenders for procurement awarded to two newly established firms as per purchase orders received on BMC website” RT-PCR And antigen testing kits worth Rs 34 crore in 14 months,” Somaiya said.
Vallunge said his father was on the board of directors for only one month between June and July 2021, while the company was formed in 2020. “Tenders were not awarded at the ward level for Covid testing, but ICMR approved laboratories were empaneled, which conducted the tests. BMC. I was transferred from L Ward (Kurla) to E Ward (byculla) in July 2021 and in the E ward the said lab has not done a single test,” he said.
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