Massive corruption in MP
December 9, 2011 9:12 pm
On December 7, the Lokayukta Special Police Establishment raided the residence of Ujjain Municipal Corporation store keeper, Narendra Deshmukh, 50, who started as a peon in 1978-79 on a salary of Rs 150 in and and recovered assets worth Rs 12 crore. His total salary of last 30 years would not have exceeded Rs. 15 lakhs
The raid revealed that Narendra Deshmukh’s present assets consist of two bungalows in Ujjain, apart from land there and in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon, investment in a hotel in Gurgoan, 3 expensive cars,4 two-wheelers, several computers, LCDs, expensive furniture, apart from cash (over 3 crores) and jewellery.
Shocking! Puzzling! No?
It may not be so very shocking for the people of Madhya Pradesh who know that corruption is rampant in the state.They have got used to this sort of raids and recoveries. Any number of cases can be cited in this regard.
That aside,a question that arises is:
Were those at the helms in the Ujjain Municipal Corporation sleeping all these years when this man was looting with both his hands. Some reports suggest that a number of charges were pending against him but owing to the protection afforded by some of his superiors, the man not only continued to survive but also thrived by leaps and bounds.
Recovery of assets of Rs. 12 crores testify to this incontrovetible impression.
A peon could not have collected these assets all on his won. His superiors must be familiar with his wayward ways. Why did they keep quiet? Were they mixed up?
When a case is registered against a corrupt offical, why are the departmental proceedings not started against all those above him who either connive with him and protect him against penal action.? Narendra Deshmukh’s case suggests the need for a very strong action against his immediate superiors.
A time bound inquiry should be started against Narendra Deshmukh’s supervisory officers without any loss of time lest given the time, they succeed in shifting their ill-gotten wealth to safe havens.If they are found mixed up, disciplinary proceedings/criminal cases should be initiated against them, if for nothing else, for various acts of omissions and commissions that left the field free for Narendra Deshmukh to amass wealth through unfair means?
If the Ujjain Municipal Corporation doesn’t swiftly move in the matter, hopefully, the government of Madhya Pradesh or the Lokayukt will put all guilty of connivance on the mat and soon
This is, by no means a solitary case of corruption in Madhya Pradesh.. It is only a tip of the corruption iceberg that swamps the state of Madhya Pradesh. The Lokayukt Special Police Establishment, Ujjain has been an activist unit of the Lokayukt establishment. It has unearthed quite a few cases of disproportionate assets in the past too though there is no knowing what action the government of Madhya Pradesh took to stem the massive rot..
MP is a BJP ruled state. BJP’s tallest leader, Shri L.K. Advani recently took out a “Jan Chetna Yatra” against “Bhrashtrachar” What has the government to say on this issue? What has the government to say about the massive corruption prevailing in each and every department of the government.
Currently illegal mining and illegal usurpation of government land by land mafia are the hot issues.
The ealier the government understands why Anna’s crusade touches the chord in every citizen’s heart and taken the country by storm the better.. It can’t get away here by blaming the Centre for the corruption prevailing here. It is its constitutional responsibility to check corruption in the state.. Presently, all that one know is that the government of Madhya Pradesh exults in denial.
RJ Khurana, Bhopal
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