Opposition Slams Lokpal’s ₹5-Crore BMW Order, Questions Use of Public Funds

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New Delhi: The Lokpal’s reported plan to purchase seven BMW cars, each costing around ₹70 lakh, has drawn sharp criticism from Congress leaders, who called the move a “tragic irony” for an institution meant to uphold integrity and fight corruption.

Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who chaired the Parliamentary Committee on Lokpal, condemned the expenditure, saying it contradicts the very spirit of the anti-corruption body. “Dr. L M Singhvi first conceived the idea of Lokpal in the early 1960s. To see this anti-corruption body now ordering BMWs for its members is tragic irony the guardians of integrity c

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