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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Jairam targets Mayawati again by K Balchand

Jairam targets Mayawati again by K Balchand

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published Published on Nov 17, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 17, 2011

Says she failed to act against officials who swindled MGNREGS funds, presses for CBI probe

The war of words between the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party in the run-up to the Assembly elections has intensified, with a Union Minister blaming Chief Minister Mayawati for failing to act against officials who had allegedly swindled funds of a Central government scheme in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh shot off a second letter to Ms. Mayawati who, instead of responding to his first letter, wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accusing him of indulging in politics.

As Ms. Mayawati shot down the proposal for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the embezzlement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme funds, Mr. Ramesh has once again pressed for the investigation, pointing out that she had reneged on her promise to act against officials whom she had held responsible for the misappropriation.

In his November 14 letter, Mr. Ramesh said that on March 30, 2010, Ms. Mayawati told journalists that Raj Bahadur, chief development officer of Gonda, would be placed under suspension but departmental action was yet to be taken. This, he said, highlighted how corrupt officials evaded punishment because of their proximity to the powers that be.

He told Ms. Mayawati that she herself would realise the sad and regrettable situation if she verified the action taken, as no employee, let alone any senior officer, was touched and no money was recovered even 19 months after her announcement.

“No FIR filed”

The 14-page letter cites several instances of irregularities and the names of officials allegedly responsible, pointing out that enquiry reports were ignored and no First Information Report was filed in some cases, even three years after these cases surfaced.

The irregularities, Mr. Ramesh said, only underscored how effectively the State government had acted. The government's callousness had prevented the benefits of the scheme from reaching the poor.

Referring to Ms. Mayawati having referred some of these cases to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Mr. Ramesh said the EOW had not effectively investigated other irregularities referred to it.

He hoped that she would agree to his proposal for a CBI inquiry into the irregularities committed in Balrampur, Gonda, Mahoba, Sonbhadra, Kushinagar, Mirzapur and Sant Kabir Nagar districts.

The Hindu, 18 November, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2637832.ece


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