The Opposition on Monday accused Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for trying to shield his Minister by conceding to all the demands of the family members of the slain scribe Jagendra Singh, except for a probe by CBI and to sack the accused Minister. “Just to save his Cabinet colleague from going to jail or the compulsion to remove him from his Ministry, Akhilesh Yadav had invited the scribe’s family and gave them huge compensation package just to convince them to withdraw their agitation”, alleged Siddharth Priya Srivastava, spokesman of the UP Congress Committee. “The CM has sensed danger that his move to shield Ram Murti Singh Verma would be exposed if the court ordered a CBI probe”, asserted Srivastava, adding that the family members were appeased to call off their dharna after SC’s notice to the Govt to submit a reply.
