Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde on Wednesday denied the charges of corruption levelled at her saying that the funds released by the Centre would have lapsed if there would have been further delay in ordering purchase of good for the department.
“Wrong things are being said about me in newspapers. In the past few days, I have studied all allegations against me and there is no truth in them,” My intention was to save every penny of the government fund,” said Munde.
According to reports, all government procurements over Rs three lakh are to be made through e-tenders. However, the Maharashtra Women and Children Development Ministry cleared the overcharged purchase orders for anganwadi schools without inviting tenders.
The incident came to light after the Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad president wrote to Munde, complaining about the quality of food (chikki) distributed to tribal students under the Integrated Child Development Services. (ANI)