CM doing little to check corruption, alleges AAP

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, June 29

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today lambasted Chief Minister Harish Rawat of doing a little to check corruption in the Power Department.

AAP state working committee in charge Anoop Nautiyal, while addressing a press conference here today, alleged that the top bosses in all three power departments of the state were indulging in rampant corruption.

He said corruption had crossed all limits in Uttarakhand and the state had slid to the lowest level on development front.

Nautiyal said all top posts of Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited and Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited had been given to persons with a corrupt background.

He said the act of the state government of granting extension to the incumbent Chief Managing Director of UPCL was totally ethical as the individual was embroiled in several acts of corruption.

He said AAP was of the strong view that the extension granted to UPCL chief managing director be withdrawn. He said a recently sting on incumbent UPCL’s CMD reveals the level of corruption being done at his behest. He said the CAG report has highlighted large-scale irregularities in UPCL.

He said the CMD of Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, who earlier served in Jharkhand, has a track record of corruption. “It seems Chief Minister Harish Rawat has a great liking for corrupt bureaucrats and wants them all of them in key posts in the state,” Nautiyal said.

Nautiyal said if no action is taken till July 3, he would be forced to register a written complaint at the CBI office.