Jayalalitha demands probe into purchase of tarpaulins

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, MARCH 9. The AIADMK general secretary, Ms. Jayalalitha, today demanded an inquiry into the purchase of tarpaulins for panchayat boards.

Noting that the government had permitted the panchayat boards to purchase the tarpaulins, she said the Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, and his ministers, were now blaming the panchayat boards for the purchase.

The government had authorised a company operating in the name of Global Industries to supply the tarpaulins. The tarpaulins were supplied at heavily hiked rates, she alleged.

``After having issued orders to buy tarpaulins from a bogus company, it is sheer iniquity on the part of the Karunanidhi government to recover from the panchayat chiefs the amounts paid in excess of the appraised value of the tarpaulins,'' she said.

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