"It appears that the state government has got rattled after I unearthed a scam of Rs 37 crore in transformers' purchase going by the manner in which it has threatened to lodge a case against me instead of ordering a probe in the alleged scam," the senior BJP leader said in a statement.
He alleged that the state government had purchased transformers and other electric equipments costing Rs 96 crore from suppliers without floating a tender for replacement of transformers and related works in the districts under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in 2015 and justified the purchase under the cover of bids floated in 2012 on turnkey basis for which no supplier had participated.
Reiterating his demand for a probe by the CAG in the alleged scam in transformers purchase at arbitrary rate, he asked the state government to immediately stop all transformers' replacement works till pendency of the probe.
Slamming Modi for making 'baseless' allegation on transformers' purchase with a "malicious intention", Yadav issued veiled threat to the BJP leader saying that such canard could warrant lawful action.
The Minister, at the same time, said that if the former deputy CM backed his allegation with evidence the state government would not hesitate to order a vigilance probe in the matter.