Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday vowed to return “every single paisa” of the State power firm employees’ provident fund after confiscating properties of those behind the scam of investing the money in tainted DHFL.
“We will not let the interest of any employee be harmed. The properties of all those involved in this scam will be confiscated and every single paisa of each and every employee will be returned,” the Chief Minister said.
Adityanath made the promise while addressing a special session of the state legislative council, convened to mark 70 years of the adoption of the Constitution. “No one will be allowed to go scot free. The Government has said it and will do it,” he asserted.
Talking about the former managing director of the UP Power Corporation Limited arrested for his alleged role in the scam, Aditynath said, “The mastermind of the PF scam was a favourite officer of the previous (SP) Government. Our government has put him behind bars.”
He said “there is zero tolerance for the crime and corruption” in the State.
