Gujarat tur dal scam: Minister says govt took swift action, slams Congress

Ahmedabad | Thursday | 16th May, 2019

Summary:

Advertising“The low quality tur dal that had arrived at Keshod yard has been seized. Accusing the Opposition Congress of trying to “defame” the government by using the word scam, the minister said, “Congress leaders recently went to Visavadar marketing yard (in Junagadh) and claimed that there was a similar scam in the procurement of 22,000 bags of tur dal from farmers. The seized stock belonged to traders,” the minister said. Till date, he said, Rs 150 crore has been paid directly to farmers. These (adulterated) stock did not belong to farmers..