Cong teams to keep an eye on govt departments

Raipur, January 27

With an objective to mount pressure on BJP government in Chhattisgarh to adopt zero tolerance policy on grafts at practical footing, State Congress has indicated of constituting special teams to keep an eye on works of every department.

The party insiders say, PCC president Bhupesh Baghel, who is renowned for his aggression, does not want to spare the saffron government on graft issues. “He is seriously brooding to give nightmares to the government next five years by trapping it on corruption cases,” they added.

Senior Congress leaders do not want to reveal this plan, though they admit that the party was framing a long-term strategy to continuously attack ruling BJP in assembly and streets.

The picture, however, will become clear only after general elections as shape and size of monitoring teams will be finalised on the basis of the total number party MPs and MLAs who are likely to form the upper crust of such units.

Sources said each team would have members at State, district, block and village panchayat level. The job of members at different levels will be to fetch information about corruption and irregularities in works of their given departments. The party will use these data not only to assault the government, but also take grave matters pertaining to public interest to the court.  

 After winning State assembly polls for third time in a row, CM Raman Singh had instantly announced that his government would adopt zero tolerance policy on grafts. The Congress too promptly asked the CM to prove his seriousness by taking action on those scams and scandals it raised in last ten years.  

Later, when the government started a helpline number to lodge complaints against corruption in urban administration department, the Congress asked it to implement the system for all departments to ensure transparency in works.

The opposition has also objected over induction of panchayat and rural development minister Ajay Chandrakar in Raman Singh cabinet. Chandrakar is facing graft charges and a local court has recently issued probe orders against him. The party has also put this demand before Governor.

In the past, the anti-corruption drives of Congress could not pick pace due to indifference of it Central leaders. The party had also collected massive data pertaining to irregularities in MNREGA works in Bastar and Sarguja divisions and submitted to union panchayat and rural development minister Jairam Ramesh but nothing happened.