The vice president of Uttarakhand Congress party, Surya Kant Dhasmana has questioned the State Government for not appointing Lokayukt.
Talking to the media persons at the State headquarters of the Congress party on Tuesday, Dhasmana said that prior to the Assembly elections of 2017, the BJP had promised that it would implement the ‘Lokayukt’ of former Chief Minister Major General (Retd), B C Khanduri but even after three years of coming into the power in the State, the Lokayukt is nowhere to be seen.
He said that institution of Lokayukt is very necessary for fighting corruption in the State which is immersed in the corruption. Training his guns on the BJP MLA from Dehradun Cantonment, Harbans Kapoor, Dhasmana said that in the three colleges owned by family members of the BJP leader, scholarship scam amounting to Crores of rupees has occurred.
“ Now when on the order of the High Court cases against the owners of these colleges have been lodged, efforts are being made to prevent son of BJP MLA who himself is a State level leader of Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha in the scam while arrests have been made in similar cases by the police,’’ he said.
Dhasmana said that institution of Lokayukt is necessary to investigate this case where son of the BJP MLA has gobbled up scholarships worth Rs five Crores.
The Congress leader also raked up the issue of scam in the purchase of the buses of roadways. He said that gear levers of the newly purchased buses are not functioning.
The Congress leader added that the Lokayukt would have investigated these scams had it been constituted.