It was responding to a Swedish media investigation of a Swedish transaction between Scania and a firm allegedly having close ties with his family members.
Media reports about the gift of a bus by Swedish bus manufacturer Scania by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari are “malicious, concocted and baseless”, the minister’s office said on Thursday.
It was responding to an investigation by the Swedish media about an alleged transaction between Skania and an unnamed Indian company, in which Transport Minister Mr Gadkari’s family members had close ties.
The report, published by Swedish news channel SVT, claimed that the incident took place in late 2016 when a luxury bus was sold through a private Scania reseller or dealer, which led the company with connections to Mr Gadkari’s sons. The bus was sold or leased.
‘Volkswagen Reimbursement’
According to the SVT report, the financing was handled by Volkswagen’s finance company and Scania’s CEO confirmed that the company [Scania] Volkswagen was reimbursed for part of this amount, which the company associated with Gadkari did not.
“The allegation that the bus was not paid and was used for the wedding of Mr Gadkari’s daughter is nothing but the imagination of the media. Media reports that the bus was financed by a Volkswagen finance company, but Scania paid for the portion that the aforementioned company did not, is itself contradictory in that the bus was a gift to Mr. Gadkari, “Adds the statement,” Gadkari and his family members have nothing to do with the purchase or sale of the bus. Nor do they have anything to do with any firm or person who can be associated with the purchase or sale of the bus. is. “
The minister’s office said Mr. Gadkari started Scania’s ethanol-powered bus in Nagpur as part of his campaign to bring green public transport to India and encouraged the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to start a pilot project, After which the Nagpur civic body signed on. Commercial Memorandum of Understanding with the Swedish Company.
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