Putting up a brave front senior minister in Samajwadi Party Government Shivpal Singh Yadav said that minister who is named in FIR in a scribe’s murder case “would not be sacked” as so far he has not been proved guilty. “There is no question of taking action against Backward Class Development Minister Ram Murti Singh Verma. He has not been pronounced guilty. Until he is proved guilty how can Government sack a minister,” Yadav told reporters here on Monday.
He said that Government cannot function on the basis of media reports. We have burnt our fingers. Everyone has seen what had happened in Budaun gang rape case. Government even took action against a senior minister Ragjhuraj Pratap Singh and stripped him of ministerial post. What happened next!. Everyone was proved wrong. He was exonerated by CBI, Yadav said defending the Samajwadi Party Government.
The Samajwadi party Government is facing heat over alleged involvement of Minister in the murder of Shahajahanpur based scribe Joginder Singh. In his dying declaration to magistrate he alleged that policemen on the direction of Ram Murti Verma poured two litre petrol over him and set him on fire. After much hue and cry was raised over the incident Government suspended five police allegedly involved in June 1 incident and lodged FIR against the minister.
“FIR against minister does not prove his involvement in crime. The matter is under probe. The Government will take action once police submits its probe report,” Yadav said. When asked about the time frame of that probe, minister said: “Police apna kaam kar rahi hai. Probe is on.” Answering another query about Child Development and Basic Education Kailsh Nath Chaurasia who had intimidated RTO, the minister said a probe is also on in that case too. “If the minister is found guilty action would taken against him,” he said.
Yadav said that opposition parties are perturbed over the popularity of Akhilesh Yadav Government. Therefore, BJP and Congress are trying to create a mountain out of mole hill. “They will not succeed in their nefarious designs. People have seen the true faces of Congress and BJP and they will give a stunning reply to them in next elections,” he said.