Bengaluru : , Monday, December 13, 2013 – The Karnataka Contractors Association warned the state government that, if they don’t meet their demands, contractors will stop working on government projects starting January 3 and protest massively. D.
Kempanna, the president of the Association who made the startling claim that BJP officials and bureaucrats were getting 40% cuts in all projects was astonished to hear that the Association had planned a protest against the government on the 3rd of January.
Contractors who are working for different government departments must be paid Rs 22,000 crore by the government.
Instead of paying the fees, the government wants to end the work of contractors and implement package contract systems.He warned that the government must talk with them before January 3rd to avoid all work being stopped.
According to him, all contractors had decided to take action against corruption.They wrote letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi but were not allowed to meet Karnataka Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai.
He also said that they weren’t able meet the former Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa was also not able to meet.
He stated, “It is useless even after you submit a memorandum the Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot.”
“In all contracts, 40 per cent cut is gone and corruption is evident.We have all documents.Let the government order probe.We will submit all documents.
We don’t belong to BJP, Congress or JD (S) parties,” he stated.
The corruption in contracting is on steady rise since 2019.
Earlier the cut was between 10 to 15 per cent.He maintained that it is not possible to name the leaders who got the cuts.
He maintained that they have documents and they will submit to probing agencies.
Kempanna demanded probe by an independent agency.
“Recently, the government has ordered probe under senior IAS officer Rakesh Singh.He is in-charge of the irrigation department.
There is corruption in the department,” he said, adding: “The corruption is rampant in irrigation, PWD and BBMP.Contractors from outside are preferred over local contractors.”
Ravindra, a local contractor said the ruling BJP government has pushed contractors to the verge of committing suicide.”A judicial probe must be ordered under the monitoring of the Supreme Court retired judge,” he said.
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