Sting Exposes Congress Corruption in Uttarakhand, Claims BJP

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, July 22, 2015:  Under attack over the alleged corruption of three of its top leaders, the BJP claimed  it has accessed a sting that establishes a scam in Uttarakhand, where the Congress is in power with Harish Rawat as Chief Minister.

 

Mr Rawat must resign immediately, said the BJP’s Nirmala Sitharaman. "The Uttarakhand Chief Minister and his Personal Secretary (PS)  were involved in a liquor scam and loot during Uttarakhand floods," she said, referring to the flash-floods which lashed the hill state in 2013, killing at least 6,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the region’s famous temples stranded.

"We need to check if the sting is authentic," said Mr Rawat. NDTV cannot independently verify the contents of the sting. 

The BJP says that the sting shows the Chief Minister’s personal secretary negotiating bribes for changes to the state’s policy on the sale of alcohol. "The policy has just been decided...how can it be changed already?" said Mr Rawat to NDTV, adding that he would "definitely take action" if the charges against his assistant are proven.

In Parliament, the government led by the BJP is confronting a united attack from the Opposition, which is demanding the resignation of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje for extending favours to tainted cricket mogul Lalit Modi. The Congress is  adamant that it will disrupt proceedings unless they are removed, along with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, whose government is engulfed by the Vyapam or job recruitment scam.

The government has ruled out their resignations. The stand-off has meant that parliament has been adjourned early for the first two days of its monsoon session.

 

Courtesy: NDTV