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Ahead of BMC elections, Congress leader to get INR 1 crores for laptops, tablets in his ward

Moreover, it also mentions that ‘Ravi Raja, leader of opposition, has instructed to supply laptops to school children of ward number 176’, an unusual statement carrying the name of a corporator on a proposal.

Ahead of BMC elections, Congress leader to get INR 1 crores for laptops, tablets in his ward
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Ahead of the 2022 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the leader of the opposition, Ravi Raja has promised to get nearly INR 1 crores to procure laptops and tablets for students in his ward, two years after he had come down heavily on a similar move by a Shiv Sena corporator. The BMC has a total of 227 wards in the city.

The proposal that will be tabled before the BMC’s standing committee on Wednesday, January 27, seeks approval for supply of 140 laptops and 170 tablets students in ward number 176, which is represented by the Congress leader and covers few areas in Sion.

According to the Congress leader, the laptops will be given to students who have passed Class 9 and 10, while the tablets will be distributed to those who have cleared Std. VII and VIII. Meanwhile, other corporators have already criticised the plan, calling it special treatment of students in specific wards.

The tenders for the devices were floated in November 2020 and finalised a month later. M/S Induriks Solution is ready to provide the laptops and tablets for INR 85,61,610, said the proposal.

Moreover, it also mentions that ‘Ravi Raja, leader of the opposition, has instructed to supply laptops to school children of ward number 176’, an unusual statement carrying the name of a corporator on a proposal.

However, in August 2019, when a similar proposal was passed for the ward of Yashwant Jadhav, chairman of the standing committee, rival corporators, including Ravi Raja had termed it improper. They had charged the BMC commissioner of being pliable to a person in the seat of power in the corporation.

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