Govt sparing corrupts: Jogi

Raipur, November 17, 2012

Senior Congress legislator Ajit Jogi on Saturday alleged that the government was refraining from taking action against corrupts.

“Recently, the Centre’s inter-ministerial group (IMG) recommended for deallocation of Bhatgaon-II & Bhatgaon-II extension coal blocks which were allocated to Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) in 2007. It is estimated that graft worth Rs 1025 crore has been done in handing over of the two coal blocks to the ineligible company. Evidently, the BJP government was responsible for this deal. Now, it is the government’s moral responsibility to cooperate with the CBI officials in the inquiry into the matter,” Jogi said.

He pointed that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report too reveals corruption worth Rs 4000 crore but the government, instead of taking action against corrupts, was trying to save them.

“Similarly, the Lokayukta reports disclose massive corruption in the state. The local audit reports also exposed grafts in different government departments. Unfortunately, the government remained indifferent towards these reports and did not even lodged criminal case against the guilty people,” Jogi said.