15 March, 2011 (English) - Bharatiya Janata Party
15 March, 2011 (English) - Bharatiya Janata Party 15 March, 2011 (English) - Bharatiya Janata Party
Navjagran Yatra rally, Kolkata (WB)States ruled by Congress and Leftmired in corruption : GadkariFrom Our CorrespondentAddressing a huge rally inKolkata held at thecompletion of the 15-dayNavjagran Yatra that started fromCooch Behar in North Bengal onJanuary 30 BJP NationalPresident Shri Nitin Gadkarisaid, “While farmers werecommitting suicide and youthswere roaming jobless, the likesof A Raja and Suresh Kalmadiwere giving shape to theCommonwealth Games and 2Gscandals, devouring lakhs ofcrores.” Without dropping anyname, he wondered “who theirgodfather and godmother were”.Shri Gadkari said while BJPruledStates were recordingphenomenal growth, those ruledby the Congress and Left weremired in corruption. He addedthat this graft was the root causeof under-development.The BJP President alsodemanded to know why theCentre is not giving the names ofthose who have kept lakhs ofcrores of black money in foreignbanks. He further said it isMarch 1-15, 2011 18evident that the BJP is taking theWest Bengal election seriouslyand advised the karyakartas towork relentlessly till the goal isachieved.Launching a frontal attack,BJP Parliamentary PartyChairman Shri LK Advanilambasted the Congress led UPAfor giving the country thegrandmother of all scams andsaid the party had allowed itsleaders to plunder the nation andstash the loot away in foreignbanks.Speaking out against Dr.Manmohan Singh’s inherentweakness in dealing with crucialaffairs, Shri Advani reiteratedthat he had seen several PrimeMinisters but no one as weak asthe present one. “I was told thatthe Prime Minister was hurtbecause I called him a weakperson. He may be a good personbut he is the weakest PrimeMinister because he could notstop corruption taking place infront of his eyes” he added. ShriAdvani pointed out that it wasduring Dr. Singh’s regime that aPrime Minister had to file anaffidavit in the Supreme Court toexplain his conduct.He demanded that JPCprobe should be ordered to coverall cases of corruption, including2G spectrum, CWG and AdarshHousing scam.Recalling his commentsmade during the 2009 Lok Sabhaelections when he had saidManmohan Singh is the weakestprime minister India has hadsince independence, Shri Advanicriticised the PM for not actingagainst corruption. “When I saidthis, many people came to meand said I should not say sobecause he is a good man. It’snice to be a good man, but whatif the man is weak and doesnothing to stop corruption?” hesaid.Linking corruption withcontinued price rise, former BJPNational President Shri RajnathSingh said, “While the Congresshad repeatedly given the nation...Continued on page 30
Memorandum to PresidentCorruption in the North-East has affectedthe life of the people : Nitin GadkariBJP National President Shri Nitin Gadkari led a delegation to the RashtrapatiBhawan to hand over to theHon‘ble President Smt. Pratibha Patil a memorandumon the scams in Congress ruled states in the North East region on February 18.Her Excellency Mrs. Pratibha PatilHon’ble President of IndiaRashtrapati Bhavan, New DelhiSub: Corruption in North East affecting development & poor peopleRef : BJP’s Fact Finding Committee Report on the Scams of North EastYour Excellency,The whole Nation is worried about the scams taking place in India. It is said that 2010 was the year of scams.Confidence of the common man is shaken. Scams are affecting the development and pushing up the prices/mehangai.Thousands of crores corruption in the North East States has affected the life of people. Development issuffering. Chief Minister, Ministers, Executive have been charged for corruption. Resources/funds of socialwelfare schemes, public distribution system are misappropriated, embezzled. Hardly 15% of the eligible poor, BPLfamilies are getting foodgrain of PDS in north east. Rice to be distributed through public distribution system goesstraight to black market and Bangladesh from FCI godowns. Transport contractors are none other than the familymembers of Ministers.BJP appointed a Fact Finding Committee to find out and compile the quality and quantum of scam /corruptionin North East. The Committee, after detailed work, field visit, interaction with experts and authorities, has submittedthe Report to me. The Team visited Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and other parts of the North East tounearth & document the various scams in the North East. The Report says: Hydro power Scam is another 2GScam, 63,000 Crore Scams in North East states.The Hydro Power projects are of Rs 4,00,000 crores. Kickback is given per mega watt. Direct MOU signed,projects allotted for highly technical projects of hundreds of crores with just formed companies.Scams….Hydro Power Projects Rs.4,00,000 Crore Hydro Kickback Rs.20,000 CroreAssam Scam Rs.20,000 Crore Manipur Scam Rs.5,000 CroreArunachal Scam Rs.10,000 Crore Sikkim Scam Rs.3,000 CroreNagaland, Mizoram Scam Rs.5,000 CoreTotal corruption/ kickback is more than Rs 63,000 crores.All the investigative agencies, regulators, authorities, social activists, NGOs, Opposition Parties have raisedquestions/concern about these scams. Courts have passed orders, CAG has passed strictures in their Reports,March 1-15, 2011 19
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Navjagran Yatra rally, Kolkata (WB)States ruled by Congress and Leftmired in corruption : GadkariFrom Our CorrespondentAddressing a huge rally inKolkata held at thecompletion of the <strong>15</strong>-dayNavjagran Yatra that started fromCooch Behar in North Bengal onJanuary 30 BJP NationalPresident Shri Nitin Gadkarisaid, “While farmers werecommitting suicide and youthswere roaming jobless, the likesof A Raja and Suresh Kalmadiwere giving shape to theCommonwealth Games and 2Gscandals, devouring lakhs ofcrores.” Without dropping anyname, he wondered “who theirgodfather and godmother were”.Shri Gadkari said while BJPruledStates were recordingphenomenal growth, those ruledby the Congress and Left weremired in corruption. He addedthat this graft was the root causeof under-development.The BJP President alsodemanded to know why theCentre is not giving the names ofthose who have kept lakhs ofcrores of black money in foreignbanks. He further said it is<strong>March</strong> 1-<strong>15</strong>, <strong>2011</strong> 18evident that the BJP is taking theWest Bengal election seriouslyand advised the karyakartas towork relentlessly till the goal isachieved.Launching a frontal attack,BJP Parliamentary <strong>Party</strong>Chairman Shri LK Advanilambasted the Congress led UPAfor giving the country thegrandmother of all scams andsaid the party had allowed itsleaders to plunder the nation andstash the loot away in foreignbanks.Speaking out against Dr.Manmohan Singh’s inherentweakness in dealing with crucialaffairs, Shri Advani reiteratedthat he had seen several PrimeMinisters but no one as weak asthe present one. “I was told thatthe Prime Minister was hurtbecause I called him a weakperson. He may be a good personbut he is the weakest PrimeMinister because he could notstop corruption taking place infront of his eyes” he added. ShriAdvani pointed out that it wasduring Dr. Singh’s regime that aPrime Minister had to file anaffidavit in the Supreme Court toexplain his conduct.He demanded that JPCprobe should be ordered to coverall cases of corruption, including2G spectrum, CWG and AdarshHousing scam.Recalling his commentsmade during the 2009 Lok Sabhaelections when he had saidManmohan Singh is the weakestprime minister India has hadsince independence, Shri Advanicriticised the PM for not actingagainst corruption. “When I saidthis, many people came to meand said I should not say sobecause he is a good man. It’snice to be a good man, but whatif the man is weak and doesnothing to stop corruption?” hesaid.Linking corruption withcontinued price rise, former BJPNational President Shri RajnathSingh said, “While the Congresshad repeatedly given the nation...Continued on page 30
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