Jammu, Nov 22 (KNS): Congress on Tuesday demanded asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to immediately sack the two ministers allegedly involved in the corrupt practices, as reported in a section of media today, failing which congress would take to streets against the Government.
Addressing a press conference at PCC HQ here, senior Vice President, JKPCC Sham Lal Sharma alongwith Chief Spokesperson, Ravinder Sharma, General Secretaries, Vikram Malhotra, Manmohan Singh and district President Anil Chopra questioned the silence of BJP and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti over serious allegations appeared in the section of press today about the alleged involvement of two ministers in illegal and corrupt practices and demanded that Chief Minister should immediately take action and sack them from the cabinet and proceed against them in accordance with law.
They questioned over the slogans of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi ‘Na Khaenge- Na Khane Deinge’ and said that time has come for him and his party to translate words into action immediately.
Sharma said that “the transfer industry and all sorts of irregularities and illegalities are being reported including land encroachments by some Ministers of the coalition government but the Modi’s slogan has turned out to be a “Jumla” only and the PDP-BJP government fight against corruption is a mere slogan.
“The Petty officials and soft targets are being only proceeded but the big fishes and influential are not touched at all,” he said.
He said it is very strange that police has reportedly harmed over to the income tax department, two women carrying some cash of the time of around Rs. 2.80 lac, in the scrapped currency denominations while cash running into crores of Rupees allegedly belonging to a BJP Minister was noticed by police but the case is being hushed up, which is a very serious matter and two yardsticks cannot be applied in the same matter and law should take its own course and the culprits should be exposed and booked .
Sharma also referred to another media report carrying serious allegations of corruption in a deal involving a BJP Minister and an MLC of the party.
“The Chief Minister and the BJP high command should immediately take action against the guilty failing which Congress would take to streets if no action is taken against those found involved in the loot and corruption in the Government,” he said. (KNS)
‘Time has come for PM Modi to implement his slogan’