A day after the UP government announced to set up a five member committee to probe into the alleged vandalism caused by the former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav after vacating his official bungalow on June 2, the Samajwadi party leaders met the state Governor and submitted a list of the items which the SP leaders claimed that Akhilesh Yadav had installed at his own expense. Samajwadi party in its memorandum submitted to the Governor said the state government has launched a tirade to malign the image of the SP president Akhilesh Yadav only to hide its failure to deliver to the people as per the promises it had made to the people during the march 2017 UP assembly elections.
A controversy had erupted and the former Chief Minister was called ’tap thief’ by the government after several taps and many other items were found missing from the 4, Vikramatidya Marg bungalow vacated by Akhilesh Yadav on the orders of the Supreme Court. The delegation to the Rajbhawan headed by the leader of opposition in UP legislative council Ahmed Hasan said the items claimed missing by the estate department from the bungalow were installed/fixed in the bungalow at his own expense. The other leaders in the delegation were the SP state president Naresh Uttam, spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary and SRS Yadav MlC. Naresh Uttam said a deliberate canard is being spread by the state government with the sole objective of denting the clean image of the SP president. He said the letter written by the health minister Siddarth Nath Singh to the principal secretary to the chief minister seeking the allotment of the bungalow vacated by Akhilesh Yadav has exposed the character of the BJP. He maintained that the letter of the ministers as to why Akhilesh Yadav is being maligned by the state government. The memorandum submitted to the Governor demanded the imposition of the Presidents rule in the state due to the sharp deterioration in law and order. The SP leaders also drew the attention of the Governor towards the cancellation of the competitive exams of the UP public service commission due to the leakage of the question papers. The SP delegation
Meanwhile, the UP government has entrusted the PWD department to probe into the entire episode on being asked by the Governor. A five-member team of the PWD led by chief engineer would probe the missing items from the bungalow. The estate officer had written to the additional chief secretary PWD Sanjay Agarwal seeking his help. The committee headed by the chief engineer includes the MD of UP Rajkiya Nirman Nigam, chief architect, one civil engineer and one electrical engineer.