10 Scams That Knocked India Off Its Feet

7 CWG
CWG is another one of the major political scams in India. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) Suresh Kalmadi the former chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games was accused for the CWG scam. There were number of corrupt deals involved including overstated contracts. For the timing equipment from Swiss Timing, Kalmadi handed out a contract of Rs 141 crore, which was inflated by Rs 95 crores. The athletes were asked to relocate into shabby and unkempt apartments just 10 days before the games.

8 Adarsh Housing Society
In 2002, the chief minister of Maharashtra allotted land to construct a cooperative society in the heart of the Mumbai city for the ‘welfare of serving and retired personnel of the Defence Services’. Instead of the defence personnel getting flats in the society, top politicians, bureaucrats and military officials took the flats at low prices. It was found by the CBI, IT department and the ED that among the involved in the scam were Ashok Chavan, Sushilkumar Shinde and Late Vilasrao Deshmukh.

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