Gujarat: 21-crore water tank collapses during testing in Surat, Opposition calls it "symbol of BJP's commission raj"

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22 Jan 2026, 01:27 GMT+10

Ahemdabad (Gujarat) [India], January 22 (ANI): The opposition on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led government in Gujarat, alleging that the state is witnessing an unchecked 'commission raj' despite repeated claims of zero tolerance towards corruption.

Referring to Prime Minister Modi's oft-repeated statement that he neither takes bribes nor allows corruption, opposition leaders said that the reality in Gujarat is starkly different. They alleged that a long-standing system has been institutionalised where no government contract is awarded unless commission reaches the BJP office, Kamalam. Contractors are allegedly forced to pay commission even before a project begins.

According to the opposition, contractors across Gujarat openly admit that nearly 40 per cent of the project cost is siphoned off as commission. This large-scale corruption, they claimed, has directly resulted in poor-quality construction and repeated infrastructure failures across the state. (ANI)

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