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Sweet Scam: Tender to supply Deebawali sweet to transport dept workers tweaked to favour one company, DMK Min’s son takes 30% commission

October 22, 2021
The Commune

It has been reported that the state transport department has amended the tender rules for the supply of 100 tonne sweets for its workers to favour a single company that shares close ties with DMK Transport Minister’s son.

The incident came to light on October 18 in a local daily which mentioned that the Minister’s son has taken 30% commission from the company while making arrangements to favour the tender to the said company.

Many companies were interested in bidding for the tender to get the order and even met Minister Raja Kannappan. But, Raja Kannappan’s son Dileep had apparently influenced the transport department officials to tweak the tender.

Instead of giving orders to Aavin, the state-owned milk cooperative, for the supply of ghee sweets, the Minister’s son ensured that a private company won the bid at ₹600 per kg.

In order to ensure that the tender went to said company, the terms and conditions of the bid were allegedly tweaked saying only those companies with 100 crore turnover per year can participate in the bid.

This has now caused uproar with many lashing out at the DMK saying that the party has started indulging in corruption just within 6 months of coming to power.

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