AHMEDABAD:
Independent MLA
from Vadgam and
Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani
, members of whose organization outfit members exposed the dummy job card scam in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, hinted that he would soon expose one of the officers probing the alleged irregularities.
Mevani said no officers either from the Banaskantha district administration or police made any sincere efforts to expose the scam, which is apparent as no arrests have been made.
“There is no sense of urgency on the part of the police or the revenue department. They must be waiting for the orders from Kamalam. Most of the higher ups must be getting benefit from this scam,” said Mevani.
He said that the scammers had stolen the share of the most vulnerable persons. “When economists from across the globe are hailing MGNREGA as a tool for survival during this slowdown, administrators from Banaskantha district are hand-in-glove with the accused of the MGNREGA scam,” he alleged.
He said a delay in the investigation would discourage witnesses and cause evidence to be lost.
Mevani’s aide from
Balundra village
, Kiran Parmar, said the accused are said to have made farm ponds, pucca roads and drainage lines for the village, which do not exist. “On one hand people, do not even know what the MGNREGA is and on how much they get paid working under it and on the other hand authorities claim to create basic infrastructure for them which they never got. Ultimately, they do not have any resources to live,” said Parmar.
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