Anand Singh terms allegations of teachers' body as baseless

LUCKNOW: Reacting to the allegations levelled by the UP Secondary Education Teachers Association, agriculture minister Anand Singh on Saturday said that not only allegations are false and baseless, but the facts produced are misleading. The association had demanded removal of Singh and accused him of conducting anomalies as president of Colvin Taluqdar's College management.
Singh said that he is not the president of the managing committee of the Colvin College. The post is held by commissioner, Lucknow division. As the president of the British India Association (BIA), Avadh, Singh said, "I am ex-officio member of the college managing committee and do not have any executive power. Under the college rules, manager of the college managing committee is the chief executive." He also said that there are several other members in the management committee from diverse background, hence there is no question of college management being under his clout.
Singh also said that his ministership has nothing to with presidentship of BIA. He said that he is the president of BIA for last four years, but association had no problem. However, he added, as soon as he became minister, association has started levelling false allegations. He also said that nothing wrong has taken place in the college. Singh also said that he will take appropriate action against the move of the association to defame him by making allegations without any proof. He said that he is an alumnus of the college and it has a very special place in his heart.