JAMMU: Congress on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to sack two ministers allegedly involved in corrupt practices, as reported in a section of media, failing which Congress would take to streets against the Government.
Addressing a press conference at PCC Headquarters, senior Vice President J&KPCC Sham Lal Sharma along with Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, General Secretaries Vikram Malhotra, Th. Manmohan Singh and District President Anil Chopra questioned the silence of BJP and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti over serious allegations appearing in a section of press today about the alleged involvement of two ministers in illegal and corrupt practices and demanded that the Chief Minister should immediately take action and sack them from the cabinet and proceed against them in accordance with law.
Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan ‘Na Khayenge – Na Khane Denge’, they said that time has come for him and his party to translate words into action.
Sham Lal Sharma said that the transfer industry and all sorts of irregularities and illegalities are being reported, including land encroachments by some ministers of the coalition government, but the Modi slogan has turned out to be a “Jumla” only and the PDP-BJP Government fight against corruption is a hoax. The petty officials and soft targets are being framed but the big fish and influential are not touched at all, he added.
Sham Lal Sharma said it is very strange that police has reportedly informed Income Tax Department about two women carrying cash worth Rs. 2.80 lakh, in the scrapped currency denominations while cash running into crores of rupees allegedly belonging to a BJP Minister was noticed by police but the case is being hushed up, which is a very serious matter and two yardsticks cannot be applied in the same matter and law should take its own course and the culprits should be exposed and booked. He also referred to another media report leveling serious allegations of corruption in a deal involving a BJP Minister and an MLC of the party. The Chief Minister and the BJP High Command should immediately take action against the guilty failing which Congress would take to streets if no action is taken against those found involved in the loot and corruption in the Government.