KSHIP tender to BVEPL under scanner as BJP raises CBI, Bengal poll links

Bengaluru, Sept 16 (UNI) The award of a Rs 1,000-crore KSHIP road contract to Bharat Vanijya Eastern Private Limited (BVEPL), despite a CBI FIR against the company and the State Government being informed about it before the contract was signed, has come under intensified scrutiny, with the BJP linking the tender controversy to allegations of diversion of contract-related funds to overseas investments and expenditure connected with the West Bengal Assembly election. The issue assumes significance as the government's own written reply in the Karnataka Legislative Council shows that it was aware of the CBI case against BVEPL before the contract…