India News | Scared Its Ministers Will Come Under Lens, Soren Govt Withholding Lokayukta Appointment: Marandi
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Senior BJP leader Babulal Marandi on Thursday hit out at the Hemant Soren-led government in Jharkhand over the alleged delay in appointment of information commissioner and Lokayukta, claiming that the ruling dispensation is scared that its "corrupt" ministers would come under scanner.
Medininagar (Jharkhand), Oct 28 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Babulal Marandi on Thursday hit out at the Hemant Soren-led government in Jharkhand over the alleged delay in appointment of information commissioner and Lokayukta, claiming that the ruling dispensation is scared that its "corrupt" ministers would come under scanner.
The appointments have been "held back" with an intention to provide patronage to illegal activities, the former chief minister said at a press conference here.
"The Right to Information law is as good as defunct in Jharkhand. Appointments have been withheld in a well-planned manner. The Hemant Soren government is scared that its ministers would come under scanner if any probe is initiated into a corruption case," he alleged.
Loot and corrupt practices go on unabated under the patronage of the Jharkhand government, he said.
"Had Chief Minister Hemant Soren been honest and committed to eradicating corruption in the state, he would have activated institutions such as the State Information Commission and Lokayukta," Marandi maintained.
State Lokayukta Justice Dhruv Narayan Upadhyay died of COVID-19 in June, leaving the post vacant.
Since May 2020, the information commissioner's post, too, has been lying onoccupied.
On Wednesday, Marandi, while addressing a group of intellectuals and business community members, stated that the ruling JMM, in its bid to cling to power, has joined hands with unscrupulous elements, thus disturbing the "disturbing social, economic and administrative ambience" of the state.
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