Monday, May 6, 2013

BJP govt politicising vikas yatra: Baghel

Raipur, May 06, 2013

State Congress general secretary Bhupesh Baghel has alleged that the ruling party was politicise vikas yatra by misusing government funds. In this regard, he has recently written letters to country’s chief election commissioner (CEC) and state’s chief secretary and demanded to stop the yatra immediately. 

This is sheer misuse of public money. The Constitution of India as well as Civil Services Act prohibits misuse of government machinery for political works, he wrote.

He pointed that while state-level preparatory meeting of the government yatra was held at BJP office, the district-level meetings were being organised jointly by government officials and BJP office-bearers.

The statements of chief minister’s secretary Subodh Singh and state BJP president Ramsewak Paikra on April 18, 2013 too confirm politicisation of vikas yatra, he wrote.

He further stated that as pre-election procedures commenced in Chhattisgarh with revision of voter list the ruling party was not supposed to take out any yatra. 

It is also objectionable that the schedules of government’s vikas yatra have been changed on directives of BJP’s national joint general secretary (organisation) Saudan Singh, he wrote. Baghel also termed Singh’s directives as direct interference by a representative of the ruling party in government activities. 

He further wrote that the ruling party aimed to organise meetings of office-bearers of civic and panchayat bodies by spending government funds. The government will also misuse transport department to carry BJP workers in such meetings, he added.



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