The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the Maharashtra government’s Dharavi project rebidding “deliberately excluded” the previous winner and asked if the tender conditions were changed to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “favourite business group,” Adani. The Gautam Adani-led group has dismissed the charges as lies and said they comply with all laws and disclosure requirements.
In a statement, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said that as part of the party’s ‘Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun (HAHK)’ series in February, it had asked Modi to explain the change in bid conditions that excluded the previous winner of a tender to redevelop Mumbai’s Dharavi area and “allowed the Adani Group to win a fresh tender with a much lower bid”.
“The Dubai-based Seclink Technology Corporation emerged as the highest bidder with a bid of Rs 7,200 crore in the original November 2018 tender, outbidding its competitor Adani Infrastructure. That tender was cancelled in November 2020 because of issues related to the transfer of associated railroad land,” Ramesh said.
