Pankaja Munde, 35, Women and Child Welfare Development minister, Maharashtra government has been accused by the opposition of Rs 200 crores scam, lead by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis into its first major controversy over graft.
Congress says it has documents to prove that she has violated rules earlier this year for a transparent online bidding process and approved inflated deals for items including snacks, books and water filters for government run schools that educate tribal children.
However defending herself Munde said “There were no violations of rules”. Policy for an online tendering system was not in place when she commissioned the deals. “As a minister I have taken some dynamic decisions to reduce corruption,” she said. Munde is currently in US.