Overview
- At a Bhopal press conference, the Congress leader claimed pharmaceutical companies donated Rs 945 crore to the BJP through electoral bonds and said many of those firms failed quality checks.
- He called for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry and wrote to the prime minister, asserting regulatory negligence in the case.
- Authorities have reported at least 26 children in Chhindwara and nearby districts died of kidney failure after consuming Coldrif, with tests indicating diethylene glycol at 48.6%, far above the 0.1% limit.
- Investigators have remanded Sresen Pharma owner Ranganathan Govindan to judicial custody along with other local medical and distribution figures, and the manufacturing unit has been sealed.
- The Madhya Pradesh government suspended two drug inspectors and a deputy director and transferred the state drug controller, while Singh cited reports of limited CDSCO inspections and criticized the Jan Vishwas Act’s reduced penalties.