‘BJP must ensure probity within its flock’;Corruption fast spreading in State like bubonic plague: Harsh

 STATE TIMES NEWS
RAMNAGAR: Expressing grave concern over growing culture of corruption in the State, Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman and former Minister, on Monday appealed to the Chief Minister to strengthen the anti graft bodies including SAC, SVC and SIC in conformity with her slogans of bringing accountability and transparency in government functioning.
He said that the deep rooted culture of patronised corruption was fast spreading its tentacles and had plagued and engulfed the entire system in the absence of an effective control mechanism.
He said that most alarming aspect of corruption was not the money exchanging hands in the unwholesome bargains but the open defiance of norms and laws, fearlessness and the audacity displayed by the corrupt elements in executing such illegal bargains. He was addressing huge public meetings in Thial and Manwal towns of Ramnagar Constituency.
Harsh said that the recent past witnessed a mad race amongst various ministries for effecting transfers of government functionaries without having any regard for the aptitude, efficiency or suitability of the incumbents. He said that thousands of transfers effected in the most arbitrary and clandestine manner had exposed the ministers besides MLAs who recommended such transfers and had exploded the myth of good governance. He said the transfers which were supposed to be made in the interest of administration for making the delivery of public services efficacious and efficient were made on monetary and other extraneous considerations and had created a lot of resentment amongst the general masses and government employees. Calling for a probe into the transfer Industry which flourished in the recent past in the Departments of Health, Education, Forest, Power, Revenue, PHE and Social Welfare particular, Singh called for the constitution of SIT to unearth the alleged extraneous considerations and violations of prescribed norms.
Making a particular mention of Ramnagar constituency, he said that during 2015-16, no development activity was visible on the ground in the said constituency despite tall announcements of huge funds having been made available for various projects. He said that even the routine maintenance grants meant for repairs, renovations etc nowhere seemed to have been utilized on the ground.
Prominent among others who spoke on the occasion included Dharam Singh Bittu, Rajesh Sharma, Makhan Lal, Kewal Kumar, Vipin Sharma, Karnail Singh, Balwant Raj, Sandeep Gupta, Purshotam Singh, Sugar Din, Baldev Singh, Sansar Chand, Baldev Singh Mankotia, Raghubir, Bodh Raj and Sanjay Gupta.