If the government claims to be making the list of the tainted officials public soon and action would be followed, why not even a single word is muttered over the gross violations of the committed by the past ministers. The question is also dominating the scenes that at the time when the PDP and the BJP were in opposition, used to train guns against the ministers who were caught by the anti graft bodies, involved in the corruption charges.
The known fact in the state remains that the SAC had registered cases against no less than nine ministers of the previous regime. On one hand, if the government claims to be strengthening this anti graft body, why it has remained tight lipped over declaring the action in offing against those who allegedly have plundered the state exchequer while remaining inside the corridors of power. “Do the past ministers enjoy the political immunity. If law is same for all, why it is not sending culprits be- hind the bars,” said Syed Khalid, a political activist. Interestingly, the SAC had registered graft charges against the nine ministers of the previous coalition including the former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and the senior leader of congress Tara Chand.
He was accused of swindling money in the Urban and local bodies Department. A massive recruitment racket was reported in Urban Local Bod- ies department in 2011, the flagship department that oversees local gov- ernance through municipal bodies across Kashmir. The department had al- legedly made over 1,500 illegal ap- pointments, almost doubling the number of employees, with devas- tating consequences: funds from local tax collection, devolution funds from the state’s revenue and the Centre’s developmental grants are now exclusively used to pay sal- aries. TajMohi-ud-Din was accused of turning “blind eye to a multi-crore scam” in PHE Division Rajouri ac- cording to complaint. The PHE de- partment under Taj was accused of purchasing substandard pipes above the market price and issuing contracts without proper tendering causing loss to the exchequer to the tune of crores of rupees.
In the Month of December 2012, Congress minister of PDP- Congress coalition, SumanLataBhagat, State Accountability Com- mission (SAC) issued notice to here for creating immovable property through a trust which was meant
Interestingly, the SAC had registered graft charges against the nine ministers of the previous coalition including the former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and the senior leader of congress Tara Chand. He was accused of swindling money in the Urban and local bodies Department. A massive recruitment racket was reported in Urban Local Bodies department in 2011, the flagship department that oversees local governance through municipal bodies across Kashmir.
to serve the weaker sections of society. Omar Abdullah on the floor of house in 2014 said the government is investigating the matter but the reality seems the contrary. No action as usual taken so far.
The case of misappropriation of money and misuse of official position against Gulchain Singh, for mer Minister in GhulamNabi Azad government, is pending for regular inquiry in the State Accountability Commission since 2012.On March 27, 2012, SAC issued notices to Gulchain Singh Charak former Minister for works, several officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation (JKPCC) and a high profile private contractor taking cognizance of a complaint with regards to Rs. 30 crGanpat Bridge project and also sought comments from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who was the Chairman of the Cor- poration, Reports at that time used to galore that several other projects worth crores were allotted to the same contractor allegedly at the behest of politicians and bureaucrats flouting codal formalities were in- complete even as payments against them stand released.
Another senior Congress Minister Sham Lal Sharma was accused of being involved in fake drugs scandal that rocked Kashmir in 2013. The Doctors hold Sharma, Director Health and the head of CPC respon- sible for all the fake drug menace. One of the senior most lead- ers of the Congress party and Jammu & Kashmir Hajj and Auqaf minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, was too involved in the ‘infamous’ copying scam, and helped his foster son to qualify matriculation examination by using unfair-means.
In another case, in the infamous PanchayatGhar scam, Sayeed was accused that during his tenure as Rural Development minister, he had purchased computers, cement, steel trunks, furniture and various other items of daily use worth Crores of rupees on exorbitant rates. Another infamous scam worth over Rs 1000 crore involving DrManoharLal Sharma a senior congress minister was reported some years ago. Sharma was found in- volved in a housing cooperative society scam.
