Growing Brazenness of Samajwadi Party in Durga Shakti Nagpal Case

The brazenness of the Samajwadi Party, already in dock with the suspension of honest IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal , has reached a new height, when Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said,"Centre can recall all IAS officers from Uttar Pradesh. We can run Uttar Pradesh with our officers".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is not showing any signs of repentance or remorse at the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal that has caused so much political strife over the last few days.Speaking at a rally in the state,he said, “If an officer makes a mistake, he/she is punished. This is how a government works”, adding that his government had acted appropriately,so no relief for Nagpal.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had said “There are rules laid down, the rules will be followed. We are in touch with the state government to get all the details”, . He did not however, comment further, this is  when the Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure fair treatment for Nagpal and stressed need for safeguards to protect officials "working to uphold rule of law".

Former UP Chief Minister and head of the BSP, Mayawati blasted, “This case of Durga Shakti Nagpal shows that there is ‘goonda raj’ in UP under the Samajwadi Party government”. But the Samajwadi Patry mantra these days seems to be, ‘public opinion be damned, we will do what we want’.

New reports coming in, say that the UP government had decided to chargesheet Durga Shakti Nagpal because it had been angered by what it perceived to be constant pressure from the centre, when the centre had sent it three letters with regards to the suspension, which the Akhilesh Yadav led government had seen as interference.The Samajwadi Party has threatened that it will not support the food security bill in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.

Speaking to Times Now, senior SP leader Naresh Aggarwal said that the party had decided against supporting the bill. However he insisted that the decision had nothing to do with Congress President Sonia Gandhi‘s letter to the Prime Minister where she had expressed concern over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. The Samajwadi Party had reacted angrily to the letter in which Sonia Gandhi had told the Prime Minister to ensure that Nagpal was ‘treated fairly’.

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The Union Cabinet has cleared two amendments to the transparency Act to keep political parties out of ambit of RTI Act and  just to negate and to counter the Central Information Commission order that six national political parties :Congress, BJP, BSP, NCP, CPI and CPM are public authorities, this order will allow the RTI Act applicable on them. The bill is likely to be brought in the monsoon session of Parliament , while the Civil society activists are gearing up for an offensive against the government's proposed legislation to exclude political parties from the ambit of the RTI Act. 

Besides petitions to parliamentarians, the PM and the President, urging them not to support the amendments, activists plan to hold protest demonstrations and ultimately to challenge the legislation in court as a last resort. Inspite of many "petitions of opposition" by many eminent citizens, the government is fairly confident of smooth passage of the RTI bill.

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Durga Shakti Nagpal's Honesty Punished

More and more stories coming in the light that paints a dismal picture of the working style of the political bosses in one of the most important state of Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state of India having the honour of one sixth (80) of Lok Sabha  members being chosen from that state. It is one of the open secret now that the top and middle level bureaucracy has to work in most undesired and unethical way, basically dancing to the tunes of the political leaders, working according to their diktats and acting to satisfy their personal whims undermining the state's  and the people's interest. It is most ironic fact that because of such various factors many states, though well placed in many inherent advantages and resources, always remain neglected, laggard and among the least developed regions in comparison to their potential.

Any one who dares to unlook these vicious bosses in such state is harassed, victimised, humiliated and some times even wiped out. It is unending story running for many decades at least, and to the shame of our democracy this story relates to most of the bosses whenever they are at helm. Yes no party at least is untouched with this cruel disease, but of course not all the leaders can be so tagged. The irony is that you cannot wish or hope for betterment or justice because the malice spread is so deep, one will not be spared lest one start resisting.

A social activist Nutan Thakur filed a public interest litigation plea before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, questioning the suspension of I A S officer and Greater Noida SDM. Durga Shakti Nagpal and requested the court to direct the Department of Personnel and Training to summon the file related to the government order, and cancel the suspension if it is found illegal and improper. The petition also requested the court to direct the Centre to ask the state governments against any harassment of the officers who have initiated action for checking illegal construction of religious places, and illegal mining.

SDM Nagpal had initiated action against the sand mafia for which she was suspended ostensibly for ordering demolition of wall of a mosque without following the legal process. BSP chief Mayawati said that Goondaraj prevailing in UP and in such  prevailing dismal law and order situation and goonda and mafiaraj, apart from the people of the state, honest officials are also facing hardships, and demanded for imposing President's Rule in the state. 

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Mayawati requested the Governor to intervene to provide justice to the officer and warned the central government to take notice of it or else it would be most difficult for honest officials to function under the SP government and it would not be a good signal. Holding that suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal proved that 'goonda and mafiaraj' was prevailing under SP rule in the state, that the Centre and the UP Governor intervene in the matter.

Many doubts are cast on the constitution of the present CM Akhilesh's bureaucratic setup, as the state's principal secretary Rajiv Kumar, who is  holding currently  the appointment, personnel and vigilance departments, governs a special position, in spite of the fact that his name cropped up in Noida plot allotment scandal, and he was slapped a penalty of Rs 1 lakh and 3-years in jail by the court (trial pending in higher court), so is the case of tainted IAS officer Sanjeev Saran, the former CEO. Noida, having the allegations of irregularities and corruption in land allotments in Noida since 2001. In spite of pending graft charges, CM. Akhilesh Yadav's government reinstated him  in April 2012 to the Same Posts, but on Allahabad High Court order, this SP government transferred him as the commissioner of Lucknow division in May 2013.