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DDCA scam (Delhi)
Former BJP MP and cricketer Kirti Azad alleged corruption in Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) against Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. On November 17, 2015, the Sanghi Committee had given a report to the Chief Minister of Delhi highlighting glaring irregularities in the affairs of DDCA. Azad alleged that DDCA awarded contracts to fake companies, and also hired office and other equipment at Rs. 16000 for a laptop per day, Rs. 3000 for printer per day, and Rs. 5000 for ‘puja ki thali’. It was also alleged that the tender prices were inflated by DDCA members.
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Dal scam (Gujarat and Maharasthra)
BJP-ruled states of Gujarat and Maharashtra witnessed a man-made pulses (dal) crisis during the period of 2015-16, which is called the Dal scam. There was an artificial scarcity of pulses, which became possible with the help of the government authorities, it was alleged. With Modi government at the Centre and BJP governments in the states, people were made to pay 150%-200% extra during this period. This comes to over Rs 2,50,000 crore. The price of pulses skyrocketed and varied between Rs 130 to Rs 200 per kg. Importers took delivery of stocks and hoarded it at foreign ports, as well as in godowns within the states.
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Defence Expo scam (Goa)
150 acres of land in Betul was given to the Centre for shifting India’s two major defence exhibitions to Goa – Defexpo (land and naval systems), and Aero India (aerospace). RTI documents show that Parrikar personally wrote to Parsekar asking for “allotment of about 150 acres of land on the coastline which can accommodate 10,000 Ft runway along the coast so that a permanent venue for the conduct of Aero Show and Defexpo can be set up”. Parsekar cleared this immediately. Parrikar had publicly promised that no more Goa land would be handed over to the Centre when he was the CM.
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DMAT scam
BJP member Rajendra Singh’s name was associated with a ₹ 10,000 crore admission scam (DMAT scam) in Madhya Pradesh wherein the Controller of Dental and Medical Admission Test exam, Yogesh Uprit was arrested. An affidavit filed by the CBI in the Supreme Court said: “The DMAT scam as highlighted by the petitioners, purportedly started from 2009 and every year thousands of students have been admitted in private dental and medical colleges against the management quota. Hence in its scope and depth, the DMAT scam appears to be many times more than the Vyapam scam.”
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Demonetisation
Plots worth crores of rupees were bought by BJP leaders before the announcement of demonetization, a media report said. The report is based on at least ten such transactions by BJP leaders, including Amit Shah. According to BJP MLA Sanjeev Chaurasia, ‘Land was being bought everywhere… In other places too, along with Bihar… We are merely the signatory authority; the money came from the party… the plots were bought for building party offices and other purposes. They were bought till the first week of November.’ As per the report, the value of these plots came within a range of Rs 8 lakh and Rs 1.16 crore.
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