Four "insiders" who have slammed Manmohan Singh government for corruption
Vinod Rai is the latest "insider" who has come out strongly against the erstwhile UPA regime. He alleged today that the UPA government, which includes the coalition partners of the Congress had coerced him to leave out names from the audit reports in the Coalgate and Commonwealth Games scams. PTI reported that he has also claimed that UPA functionaries had roped in even his colleagues in the IAS, to which he belonged before his appointment as CAG, to persuade him to leave out names. Here is a list of people who have similarly come out against the UPA government led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the past:
Sanjay Baru: Singh’s media advisor during the UPA’s first term, Sanjay Baru came out with this book "The Accidental Prime Minister" which criticised Singh for being unable to stop his ministers from various misdeeds. It also critiqued Sonia Gandhi for trying to engineer the transition of leadership between Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. He also wrote that SIngh accepted that Sonia Gandhi was the centre of power in the government. He could not stand up to the corruption of the coalition partners, leading to a weak PMO.
PC Parakh: The former coal secretary during 2004-05, Parakh had also hit out against the former Prime Minister. Parakh has been named in the FIR along with others for alleged irregularities in coal block allocation . Parakh said that the Prime Minister should have pushed for coal block allocation through bidding. He said no one wanted to push for bidding as they knew the existing system made the coal blocks much cheaper. He said that he had taken policy decisions, and if he was guilty, so was the Prime Minister.
Ashok Khemka: The 1991-batch IAS officer had also spoken up against then UPA government as well as the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana. He had cancelled the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra, husband of Priyanaka Gandhi, and real estate giant DLF in 2012. In 2013 the state government had chargesheeted him for "wrongly" cancelling the mutation of the deal. However he is on a central government posting under the new government.
Justice Markandey Katju: The Press Council of India chairman, in a blog raised questions regarding appointment of judges in the country. He had complained that an additional judge of the Madras high court was appointed during the UPA regime despite an Intelligence Bureau report revealing charges of corruption against him. Also, he was given an extension after UPA government buckled under pressure from its Tamil Nadu ally DMK
Sanjay Baru: Singh’s media advisor during the UPA’s first term, Sanjay Baru came out with this book "The Accidental Prime Minister" which criticised Singh for being unable to stop his ministers from various misdeeds. It also critiqued Sonia Gandhi for trying to engineer the transition of leadership between Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. He also wrote that SIngh accepted that Sonia Gandhi was the centre of power in the government. He could not stand up to the corruption of the coalition partners, leading to a weak PMO.
PC Parakh: The former coal secretary during 2004-05, Parakh had also hit out against the former Prime Minister. Parakh has been named in the FIR along with others for alleged irregularities in coal block allocation . Parakh said that the Prime Minister should have pushed for coal block allocation through bidding. He said no one wanted to push for bidding as they knew the existing system made the coal blocks much cheaper. He said that he had taken policy decisions, and if he was guilty, so was the Prime Minister.
Ashok Khemka: The 1991-batch IAS officer had also spoken up against then UPA government as well as the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana. He had cancelled the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra, husband of Priyanaka Gandhi, and real estate giant DLF in 2012. In 2013 the state government had chargesheeted him for "wrongly" cancelling the mutation of the deal. However he is on a central government posting under the new government.
Justice Markandey Katju: The Press Council of India chairman, in a blog raised questions regarding appointment of judges in the country. He had complained that an additional judge of the Madras high court was appointed during the UPA regime despite an Intelligence Bureau report revealing charges of corruption against him. Also, he was given an extension after UPA government buckled under pressure from its Tamil Nadu ally DMK
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