‘Scandals regular UPA feature’
Alleging that scandals are becoming a regular feature in the UPA government, the BJP on Saturday demanded resignation of Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan over his alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The party demanded a comprehensive probe in the scam by a sitting Supreme Court judge and invoking Defence of India Rules.
The BJP described the scam as the “most unethical, heartless and most shameless scam” as widows of war heroes and soldiers who were maimed in the Kargil war were to be given these flats and “this nexus” had taken over them.
“The Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) has a clean image alright. But scandal after scandal is becoming a regular feature in the UPA government. Why is there no sense of outrage in him?” BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman asked.
He alleged that Mr Chavan’s involvement had been irrefutably established by documents indicating that he was in touch with Adarsh Housing Society office-bearers even as state revenue minister in 2000. “Four of his relatives own flats in this society. In 1999-2000, when the file was being processed, Chavan was the revenue minister, a department that deals with land allotments in the state. And when the project got its final clearance by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), he is the chief minister,” she said.
The BJP enumerated the alleged scams that have taken place in the UPA regime, from the 2G spectrum allocation, paid news scandal in Maharashtra in which Mr Chavan is allegedly involved, the Commonwealth Games and rotting of tonnes of foodgrains.
“This is a copybook case of corruption and nepotism going hand in hand,” Ms Sitharaman said about the Adarsh Society scam and insisted that the involvement of bureaucrats, politicians and generals should also be investigated.
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