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Lokayukta report: ministers go scot-free
The Lokayukta's report indicting ministers of misusing official positions for personal gains, are being taken with a pinch of salt.
While some of the reports were lapped up by the government and follow up action taken on them, there are many who remained unscathed even though the Lokayukta had criticised them.
After thorough investigations, the Lokayukta found eight former ministers guilty on many counts, but the government had taken follow up actions only against four or five.
The former ministers who had to face the wrath of Lokayukta were Rajaram Pandey, Markandey Chand, Ramashraya Kushwaha, Shiva Kant Ojha, Nassimuddin Siddiqui, Jai Veer Singh, Ram Asrey Paswan and Amarjeet Singh. And recently, the Lokayukta has submitted a report against another former minister, NKS Gaur.
Among them, Paswan, who was a minister of state in the Mayawati's government, was severely indicted by Lokayukta.
It had taken strong objection to the former minister spending as much as Rs 1.37 crore on refreshment and tea which was served at his office and residence. Interestingly, the ministerial stint of Paswan was even less than six months, said an official of the Lokayukta.
Then Nassimuddin Siddiqui of BSP was indicted by the Lokayukta on many counts but the government remained silent on them, may be because he is being interrogated by the CBI on another case which has far serious implications.
There was a minister of state A Singh, who refused to return the official vehicle even after he demitted the office.
Finally, the minister returned the car when he came to know that a compliant against him had been lodged with the Lokayukta.
In the rest of the cases, the government did take some action though they were not stringent, said an official.
Some of the former ministers escaped government's action, because their support was crucial for the survival of the ministry, felt an official.
Many of these reports were to be tabled on the Vidhan Sabha but the government changed their mind at the last hour. Commenting on the state of affairs, the Lokayukta said that if the law-makers violated the law of the land in this way, corruption would flourish day in and day out.
If the Lokayukta had been given some teeth, things would have been different, said Justice (retd) S Verma.
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