After Comptroller and Auditor General blamed the previous Congress-led Haryana Government for giving undue favours to Robert Vadra owned Skylight Hospitality Pvt limited, Haryana cadre senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka posted a series of tweets in past 24 hours, commenting on chargesheet filed against him and the cycle of corruption involving the triad — business, politics and bureaucracy.
Bureaucrat Ashok Khemka, who had questioned the land deal of Robert Vadra, tweeted, “My action in VADRA-DlF land-licence deal vindicated in CAG report, but I continue to suffer the stigma of chargesheet.” Khemka had ordered the scrapping of the land deal, saying that it was illegal. Khemka had also marked a probe into all land deals of Vadra and his companies since 2005. But later, Khemka was transferred and served a chargesheet for his actions by the Hooda Government, which gave Vadra a “clean chit”. In another tweet, the senior IAS officer said, “Real culprits sit in judgement over me. My pain and suffering may help to detox and cleanse the body politic.”
“Black-marketing of licenses and permits to cronies is loot of public wealth. Will action be taken against the black-marketersIJ,” he posted. Indicating about corruption in the Government, he posted another tweet, “Many issues untouched in CAG Report. Cycle of corruption involved the triad — business, politics and bureaucracy.” Meanwhile, the Congress had on Thursday dismissed the CAG rap, claiming its Government performed purely in accordance with the law in the land deal.
Party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala in a statement had said that the State’s principal accountant general (PAG) neither indicted the Hooda Government nor Vadra or his company for any violation of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, or any rules or policy. There is no such finding of wrongdoing as is being sought to be alleged and projected unfairly and incorrectly, he had said.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, tabled in the Haryana Assembly on the last day of the Budget Session which ended on Wednesday, blamed the Hooda Government for showing undue favours to Vadra. The report said the “possibility of extending undue benefit to particular applicant (Vadra’s company) cannot be ruled out.” It also questioned the “distinction” made by the Hooda government for Vadra’s company in giving permissions.