A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) member on Thursday staged a walkout in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly being dissatisfied with Higher Education Minister Uma Shankar Gupta’s reply over the issue of alleged corruption by a lady officer in his Department.
During the Question Hour, Sheela Tyagi of BSP raised the issue of alleged corruption by the Additional Director (Higher Education, Rewa) and stated that a case of fraud has been registered against the woman officer by the Economic Offences Wing. The matter concerns when the woman officer was posted as the principal of a college in Rewa.
The member demanded her removal from Rewa. However, Gupta said all complaints against the Addtl Director had been made by one person. He said that corrupt officials would not be spared but no one would be disturbed unnecessarily.
The BSP member said the woman officer is on anticipatory bail and charged that she was being favoured unduly. Several Congress members supported her. later, dissatisfied with the Ministers reply, Tyagi staged a walkout in the House.