Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 11: Ridiculing the lame explanation by some Ministers over the scams pinpointed in the CAG report, former Union Minister and MLA Jammu West, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta has sought a deep probe by some independent body or at least by the Vigilance Commission and the Accountability Commission in a time bound manner.
In a statement, Prof Gupta said that the CAG was an important constitutional body but it was strange that its findings were being dismissed by a Minister. “The land scams are there on the very face of the Law viz Roshni Act to dispose of certain encroachments. At the time of adopting the act, it was termed as an historic legislation as this would not only regularize the certain old encroachments but would also fetch the exchequer a big amount of Rs 25000 crores enabling to execute several power projects and overcome the problems of energy. But now after six / seven years, it is being given that only about Rs 100 crores have been recovered. This itself smells foul even without the CAG and needed a serious probe,” he explained.
Prof Gupta regretted that the report of CAG was presented in the Assembly on the last day of the session and thus, the members were deprived of airing their views. “This time the CAG report has made quite some important observations and expositions about many flaws and wrongs. It is obvious that this was leading to uneasy situation for Government leaders,” he said and stressed that to stem the wrought, it was essential to take some extra-ordinary steps, one may like or not.
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