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More heads may to roll in Uttar Pradesh
Published: Thursday, Dec 29, 2011, 16:34 IST
Place: Lucknow | Agency: PTI
While Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has set a dubious record
of sacking 15 ministers in order to refurbish her image, more heads
may roll ahead of the assembly polls with as many as 13 ministers
landing in the Lok Ayukta net.
In the past four days alone, the chief minister has sacked six of her
ministers, many of whom were facing graft charges, leaving 35 members
in Mayawati's ministry.
While Lok Ayukta Justice NK Mehrotra has already recommended removal
of small scale industry minister Chandra Dev Ram Yadav finding him
guilty of indulging in corrupt practices, 13 ministers, including her
close aide Naseemuddin Siddiqui, are facing inquiry from the
anti-graft ombudsman.
Besides, many of the 28 MLAs facing Lok Ayukta inquiry are from the ruling BSP.
Yesterday, Mayawati sacked two ministers including minister of state
for alternative energy Akbar Hussain and minister of state for science
and technology Yashpal Singh on charges of corruption and anti-party
activities.
Earlier of Sunday, she had removed four ministers including higher
education minister Rakeshdhar Tripathi, agriculture education and
research minister, Rajpal Tyagi, minister of state for backward
welfare(independent charge) Awdhesh Verma and minister of state for
home guard Hari Om.
Though, government did not give any reason for sacking them, sources
said that the step has been taken against these ministers as they were
mired in controversy involving corruption charges.
Of the three, Rakeskdhar Tripathi is facing Lokayukta probe in alleged
cases of corruption.
Earlier, five ministers ministers including minister of state for
religious endowment Rajesh Tripathi, minister for animal husbandary
Avadhpal Singh , secondary education minister Rangnath Misra, labour
minister Badshah Singh and Ambedkar village development minister Ratan
Lal Ahirwar were removed from their posts.
The NRHM scam and murder of two chief medical officers and a deputy
CMO in jail earlier this year had led to removal of two senior
ministers -- Babu Singh Kushwaha, a close confidant of the chief
minister, and Anant Kumar Misra alias Antu.
Another minister Anand Sen Yadav was arrested after his name cropped
up in a rape and murder case while his colleague Jamuna Prasad Nishad,
who later died, was also shown the door following a criminal case
against him.
It will be a seven-phased poll in Uttar Pradesh between February 4 and 28.
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