There is no doubt in the fact that the Central Government is after the corrupt people and it will root out corruption from the country as soon as possible. The sensational disclosure by the former Governor of J&K and incumbent Governor of Meghalaya Satya Pal Malik about deep rooted corruption in J&K was the talk of the town as the veteran politician has pinpointed the persons while accusing them of trying to bribe him. As mentioned earlier, the government is keen to act against the corrupt irrespective of their position, stature or backings. Making up its mind to unravel the truth and to check the veracity of Satya Pal Malik’s accusations, the government has handed over the case to the CBI and the probe agency has registered two FIRs in this regard. The first one is related to corruption in Jammu and Kashmir Employees Health Care Scheme and the second one in context with the award of contract for civil work of Kiru Hydropower project. The CBI is already on toes to unveil the truth and put the guilty behind bars as following the registration of the FIRs, it has began conducting searches at the premises of the accused at various locations in Jammu, Srinagar, Delhi, Mumbai, Noida, Thiruvananthapuram and Darbhanga. It is pertinent to mention that the CBI has filed the cases on alleged corruption in award of contract of Jammu and Kashmir Employees Health Care Insurance Scheme to Reliance General Insurance Company and release of approximately Rs 60 crore in 2017-18, and graft in the award of the contract worth Rs 2,200 crore of civil works of Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP) to a private firm in 2019. In a sensational claim, Malik had claimed that he was offered Rs 300 crore bribe for clearing two files related to aforesaid projects. Now, the Centre is doing its best to find out the corrupt in the aforesaid cases and teach them the lesson of life. It is now a matter of time that the truth will be out and those involved in the corruption will have to face the law of the land.
