New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Arunachal Pradesh government to file a “comprehensive affidavit” with details of work contracts awarded to Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s family and their firms across districts over the past 10 years, amid long-standing allegations that these contracts were granted without following the tender system.

The directive came Tuesday after the Save Mon Region Federation, an organisation representing the indigenous Monpa community, informed the court that a government affidavit in response to an earlier 18 March order only covered the properties in the Tawang region and excluded other areas where the chief minister’s family and companies may have been awarded contracts.

Taking note of the details, the court said the statistics were “telling” and ad

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