Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde on Wednesday trashed the charges of corruption levelled against her as baseless.
“The allegations that have been leveled against me are baseless. I have already given proof for the same. I was out of the country earlier but as soon as I came back, I talked to everyone about it,” Pankaja told ANI.
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)