The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Friday took a jibe at the much-publicised 100-day celebration by the Yogi Adityanath government 2.0 and claimed that his own cabinet colleagues were now exposing the “truth behind those achievements.”
“Crores of rupees have been spent by Yogi Adityanath on the completion of 100 days but the much-publicised achievements are now coming out one by one, and that too by his own ministerial colleagues,” Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) spokesman Sanjay Singh said here on Friday.
“The 100-day celebrations and achievements are nothing but a bundle of lies presented by Yogi Adityanath as his own ministers, including a deputy chief minister, are talking of corruption and irregularities in their respective departments and seeking action by the chief minister,” Singh said. “It is interesting that the ministers are levelling charges of corruption and irregularities and it is being endorsed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Action against senior officers, including the OSD of PWD Minister Jitin Prasada, by the chief minister himself clearly endorsed the allegations of rampant corruption in the government,” Singh pointed out while questioning why no action was taken against Prasada as he personally brought a officer from the Centre and posted him as his OSD as they had a ‘good coordination’. The OSD was sacked but Prasada went scot-free, he added. “Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak wrote a letter to the chief minister and informed him how the transfers were made in his department in violation of government policy and the CM ordered a probe into the matter.
The report of the committee headed by the chief secretary has already been submitted but no action against any officer has been taken, clearly indicating that the government is trying to save its blue-eyed officers. If the committee has found no irregularities, why does the CM not say publicly that the allegations levelled by his own deputy CM were baseless and transfers in the Health department were carried out as per rules,” Singh questioned.
He pointed out that Dinesh Khatik, yet another minister of Yogi Adityanath, sent his resignation to Union Home Minister, highlighting corruption and how he was ignored because as he is Dalit.
“To prove that his house is in order and there in no resentment, the BJP forced Khatik to withdraw the resignation but his annoyance came to the fore when just a day after meeting the chief minister, he stayed away from a government function despite being a special invitee,” Singh said, claiming that majority of the cabinet colleagues of Yogi Adityanath were not happy with his functioning as they had to remain ‘silent’ despite irregularities and corruption in their respective departments.