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Harsh urges Governor to probe loot, plunder of state resources by Ministers 6/4/2015 12:02:02 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 3: Alleging unabated abuse of the state exchequer by the helmsmen, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party Chairman Harsh Dev Singh has urged Governor to probe the loot and plunder of state resources by Ministers. He said that while the liabilities of contractors and other executing agencies worth hundreds of crores were burgeoning every month, the wages of daily rated, casual workers, ReTs and other categories remained unpaid for months, the coalition Ministers were organizing private trips and personal functions at State expense besiding indulging in financial irregularities of varied nature. Making a particular mention of the latest episode wherein several Ministers of ruling alliance participated in the wedding ceremony of a MoS, he questioned the open defiance of the prevalent norms and procedures by the said Ministers in using the State Helicopter to join a marriage ceremony and 'Barat'. Not only that the Ministers who travelled by State chopper directed their subordinates to send all their official as well as security vehicles to Kishtwar by road. A huge cavalcade of around 200 vehicles with 3-4 official vehicles of each the 'flying' Ministers and govt. vehicles of other officers reached Kishtwar consuming fuel worth several lakhs borne by the State exchequer to satisfy the ego of the said VVIPs. Harsh Dev Singh further pointed out as regarding Air Travels by Ministers the norms provide that helicopters and aircrafts which have been procured out of public funds are to be used exclusively for official purposes and in emergency situations pertaining to public interest. He said that it was highly preposterous that the ruling Ministers who were flaunting good governance and accountability as their agenda of alliance were indulging in the worst kind of financial misdemeanor. Reminding the coalition partners of their persistent attacks on their predecessors for abuse of public funds and StateChopper, Singh maintained that never had a situation occurred in the erstwhile government where State Choppers were used by Ministers or their spouses for marriages or private functions. Singh demanded a probe into the illegitimate and insidious abuse of public exchequer and initiation of appropriate penal and other legal proceedings against the delinquents.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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