CHANDIGARH (TIP): Giving a clean chit to power and irrigation minister Rana Gurjit Singh, the justice JS Narang Commission, probing allegations of irregularities in the sand mines auctions by the Punjab government, has said there was no loss of revenue and the auction was carried out in a transparent manner through e-tendering process.
Justice Narang handed over a 90-page report to chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday. The CM had ordered constitution of the oneman commission in May this year following allegations of impropriety against Rana Gurjit in sand mine auctions.
Justice Narang met Amarinder at his (CM’s) official residence in the morning and handed over the report. “The CM has marked the report to the chief secretary and asked him to revert with his comments within two weeks,” said an official spokesperson.
Though Justice Narang refused to discuss the contents of his report calling it “confidential”, sources say the report attached replies to questionnaire given to all those named in the auction row, including the power minister, his close aide Amit Bahadur and officials of the mining wing of industries department. The report, sources said, also brought on record that the government earned much more in the auction as compared to the annual earnings during the previous Akali- BJP government. The report, sources revealed, said that no government official was pressured by the bidders. Source: HT