The son of Tamil Nadu Minister KN Nehru and DMK MP Arun Nehru met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi, simply days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought registration of a First Data Report in a Rs 1,020 crore corruption case linked to his father.
The assembly got here amid an ongoing probe into alleged bribery and tender-fixing within the Municipal Administration and Water Provide Division.
In the course of the assembly, Arun Nehru submitted a memorandum in search of pressing amendments to shopper safety legal guidelines associated to credit standing companies, stressing the necessity for equity, transparency and accountability for debtors throughout India.
He additionally positioned a separate memorandum in search of speedy redressal of monetary losses suffered by hundreds of households, significantly ladies from Duraiyur, who misplaced their financial savings within the PACL Restricted rip-off.
Earlier, KN Nehru had rejected the allegations and stated that he was being repeatedly focused by the Enforcement Directorate to defame him.
In its letter, the ED stated 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent of the contract worth for MAWS works was allegedly collected as get together funds by associates of a DMK minister. It known as the case solely the “tip of the iceberg” and warned that failure to file a FIR would quantity to knowingly helping the accused.
Responding to the alleged bribery and tender-fixing case, Nehru stated, “I’ll face it as per legislation.” He additional claimed that the company had “joined the ranks of the opposition events that can’t tolerate the achievements of the DMK authorities and is constantly focusing on me and defaming me.”
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