STATE TIMES NEWS CHENANI: “With rampaging corruption having crossed all limits in J&K, the local administration and anti corruption bodies seem to have granted immunity to the offenders and wrongdoers in view of the political clout enjoyed by them. Not only was corruption rampant in bureaucratic circles, but the corruption by political persons and breached all previous records with vigilante organizations behaving as mute spectators. And all this notwithstanding the loud snubs that the administration has been receiving from the courts as well as the civil society”. This was stated by Harsh Dev Singh Chairman-JKNPP and former Minister while addressing public meetings in Noti, Naugalta, Chaksu, Gajad and Champeri in Chenani constituency during his two days tour. Pointing towards the illegal usurping of Govt premises including ministerial bungalows by the BJP leaders, Singh said that such unauthorized occupation of public premises provided the most glaring example of political corruption. And the nexus between the corrupt officers and politicians was evident from the fact that no action had been taken to evict them despite categorical orders of the High Court. Not only that the said leaders were availing all facilities in the illegally occupied houses at Govt expense without paying any rent and still the Govt was harping on the slogans of ‘good governance’ and corruption free dispensation. “Several reports of corruption and malpractices against the BJP leaders had been thrown into the dustbin by the present dispensation and anti graft bodies working under the tutelage of their New Delhi masters. While an NC leader’s son was booked for J&K Bank fraud, the BJP leaders having executed an identical fraud by declaring their huge loan from the same Bank as NPA were allowed to go scot free. Likewise, several Ex-Ministers and Ex-MLAs of BJP had usurped huge state land, Forest lands besides Municipality and JDA lands but seemed to have been granted immunity with none to take cognizance.
