Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 27: Reiterating the demand for high level probe into all appointments made during the four years of BJP-PDP rule, Harsh Dev Singh, JKNPP Chairman and former Minister, said that the educated youth of the State was the worst causality of the misrule of the erstwhile regime.
As the State Governor has also pointed out irregularities and frauds in appointments as well as allotments of contracts, the much needed action against the delinquents is still elusive, he said in a statement, issued here today.
Harsh Dev Singh said that corruption had become all pervasive in J&K especially during the erstwhile regime with thousands of backdoor appointments and Government jobs having been put to open auction with none to take cognizance. He said that huge scams had been reported after the fall of the BJP-PDP Govt relating to power projects, insurance contracts and paid appointments with even the constitutional and statutory bodies like PSC and SSB also coming under the scanner of the Governor. He however regretted the scuttling of all such probes under pressure of political big wigs despite repeated assurances of the Governor for putting all such corrupt Ministers and bureaucrats behind the bars.
Harsh Dev said that not only the J&K Bank which had made thousands of political appointments in blatant disregard for all cannons of equity and fair play, but the other State Govt Deptts had also beaten all records of such nasty back door appointments during the four year rule of PDP-BJP Govt. He said that corrupt politicians in league with certain reckless officers had blown to smithereens all rules, regulations and procedure on the subject and appointed several thousands of blue eyed candidates in Government services on monetary and other extraneous considerations which needed a CBI probe.
Pointing towards thousands of backdoor appointments of daily rated workers and contractuals in violation of norms, in various State Govt departments, including PHE, I&FC, M&RE, Forests, H&ME, Education, Industries during the four years rule of PDP-BJP, Mr Singh said that never before in the history of State had the laws been as brazenly circumvented and defeated as in the said Govt.
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