Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 31: Chief spokesperson, J&K BJP and National Executive Member, Dr Jitendra Singh stated here today that any long-term drive against corruption can prove effective only when it starts from the top and when the institutions to check corruption like State Accountability Commission (SAC) and State Vigilance Organization (SVO) are made fully autonomous and independent of Government control.
Dr Jitendra said this while responding to the Chief Minister’s recent announcement to handover corruption cases against politicians and bureaucrats to SVC.
Dr Singh said that in order to restore its eroded credibility of the last four years, the State Government will have to redeem its image of acting only against middle-rung officials or middle-rung politicians, and will have to be ready for an impartial inquiry against some of the notorious cases including the case of Haji Yousuf Shah who died under mysterious circumstances and the Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam.
Quoting figures, Dr Jitendra Singh said that pilferage of enormous funds obtained from the Center had adversely affected development works and economy of the State while filling coffers of handful few. Citing examples of other States, he said there is a lesson to learn from the fact that States like Gujarat and Punjab were contributing more than 10 % to country’s overall Growth Rate while J&K instead of contributing to country’s economy, was always asking for more from the Center on the pretext of militancy even though the Chief Minister claimed that militancy was under control and it was time to revoke AFSPA.
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