STATE OF PLAY
It was back on July 6, 2021, that the Karnataka State Contractors Association wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the government machinery of extracting kickback of up to 40% for award of government contracts and clearance of bills. They pointed fingers at various layers of the hierarchy, from people’s representatives to bureaucrats. Though B.S. Yediyurappa was in office then, the association made the letter public in November, after Basavaraj Bommai took over, alleging that little had changed.
Though the Chief Minister had announced two committees headed by retired judges to scrutinise the tender estimates and conditions, there has been little talk on it since.
