State Congress has demanded resignation of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after the revelation of graft paid to Mineral Resources Minister Rajendra Shukla and Higher Educational Minister laxmikant Sharma in the diary seized from mining baron Sudhir Sharma by the Income Tax (IT) department during raids at his premises.
While talking to media persons here on Saturday, leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh in a statement here said that the corruption of Chouhan Government has been exposed after the revelation through diary seized by IT from mining baron Sudhir Sharma’s premises. After the revelations that the two senior Ministers of the Chouhan cabinet received kickbacks, the Chief Minister does not have any right to remain in the office for a single minute, he added.
Singh further said that the complaint against Sharma and Shukla are already pending with the lokayukta waiting for Government’s permission to prosecute both the Ministers. The Government has yet not granted its nod for prosecution of Sharma and Shukla. He said that the relations of Sudhir Sharma with Chouhan and other Ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are clear.
The Congress party in its no confidence motion had raised issue in the State Assembly in November 2011 providing information of amassing of huge wealth by both these businessmen in very short period of time. Besides, the House was informed as how the BJP Government protected them and helped them by flouting rules and regulations, he added.
The senior Congress leader said that the IT department on the basis of information from the diary of Sudhir Sharma, against the two Ministers Shukla and Sharma recommended CBI, ED and lokayukta inquiry. The IT department has compared the case with the infamous Hawala case, he added. He said as the Chouhan Government was itself involved in the corruption that is why it closed its eyes over prevailing corruption in the State. The corruption ridden Shivraj Government should immediately resign in wake of the latest revelations, he added.