Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 2: JKNPP chairman and former Education Minister today made a vociferous appeal to the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to constitute a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) against the corrupt MLAs and Ministers who have accumulated huge wealth and disproportionate assets in the last five years.
Singh lambasted the erstwhile State Government for having grossly failed to take action against the blemished politicians of BJP and PDP who looted public exchequer, encroached State lands, Forest lands, Municipal and JDA lands besides having installed illegal brick kilns, stone crushers, and raised mammoth movable and immovable properties in various parts of the State and outside by abusing their position and authority.
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He said that even erstwhile Governor SP Malik had referred to several scams in the State in insurance contracts, power projects, Forest Department besides large scale illegitimate back door appointments but the bigwigs continued to enjoy immunity in view of their political clout with no action whatsoever initiated against the corrupt politicians. Singh was addressing a press conference in Jammu today.
The JKNPP chairman said that several ex-BJP Ministers and MLAs had been reported to have created huge assets, taken loan from J&K Bank amounting to Rs 30 crores and got it declared NPA besides having defied norms and procedures and violated Defence Acts besides other violations in constructing un-authorized structures and palatial bungalows.
Urging the Lt Governor to constitute a CoI to probe into the involvement of Ex-MLAs and Ex-Ministers of erstwhile unethical alliance in corrupt deeds, large scale bungling and other acts of omission and commission, Harsh Dev Singh said that until noose was tightened around corrupt politicians, good and clean governance would remain a distant dream.
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