sandeep Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Quote As former Union minister P. Chidambaram faces arrest for alleged corruption in the INX Media case, it is worth remembering that Chidambaram was the home minister when Amit Shah was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on charges of murder in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Today, Amit Shah is the home minister. Since 2014, the Narendra Modi government has been relentlessly pursuing corruption allegations against opposition leaders. Raids and summons intensify especially when an election is around the corner. But this is not a fight against corruption because if it was one, it wouldn’t spare BJP leaders accused of corruption. The selective nature of this ‘anti-corruption’ agenda makes it a witch-hunt. This witch-hunt stands in sharp contrast to the Modi government’s refusal to have the controversial Rafale deal investigated, or to the manner in which it dragged its feet over appointing a Lokpal for five years. Also read: SC won’t give urgent hearing to Chidambaram’s plea seeking protection from arrest Here are some politicians the CBI and other investigating agencies have been soft on, despite corruption charges against them. 1. B.S. Yediyurappa: He has become Karnataka’s chief minister again despite being the very image of corruption in Karnataka. Accused in land and mining scams, with diaries recovered from his possession showing hefty amounts being paid to top BJP leaders, judges and advocates, Yediyurappa today stands tall, acquitted of most of the charges. The same CBI that was investigating him for years couldn’t furnish enough evidence against him when the Modi government came to power. The Supreme Court might yet order investigations against him in a land scam. 2. Reddy brothers of Bellary: Before the Karnataka elections in 2018, the CBI quickly concluded its investigations into mining scams worth Rs 16,500 crore against the Bellary brothers without pursuing the cases to their logical ends. For such audacious plundering of India’s wealth, the Modi government let the Bellary brothers go scot-free because the BJP needs them to win A forest service officer who was the whistleblower in this case was sacked by the Modi government earlier this month. Also read: CBI’s ‘clean chit’ to Reddy brothers in mining scam blows holes in BJP’s corruption plank 3. Himanta Biswa Sarma: The Amit Shah of the Northeast, as he is called, Himanta Biswa Sarma was once a member of the Congress party and faced corruption charges. The BJP had waged a full campaign, even releasing a booklet, accusing Sarma of being the “key suspect” in the water supply scam in Guwahati. The scam is known as the Louis Berger case because of the involvement of the American construction management company. There’s even a chargesheet by the US Department of Justice under the country’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, alleging that the company paid bribes to an unnamed minister. From claiming that the minister was Sarma to inducting him into the party, the BJP came a long way. The Assam government has predictably gone slow on the investigations, and the BJP hasn’t followed up with its own old demand to hand over the case to the CBI. 4. Shivraj Singh Chouhan: The CBI in 2017 gave then-Madhya Pradesh chief minister a clean chit in the Vyapam scam. Would Shivraj Singh Chouhan have gotten away had he been a member of the Congress? A huge entrance exam scam, it has seen whistleblowers and witnesses die mysteriously one after another, more than 40 by some media estimates. 5. Mukul Roy: As the BJP needed to expand its organisational base in West Bengal, it inducted scam-tainted Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy in its fold. Roy joined the party soon after the Enforcement Directorate had summoned him in the Narada ‘sting’ case, an undercover operation by a local news channel that showed several other top TMC leaders accepting bribes. Roy is also an accused in the Saradha chit fund scam. The law, he says, will take its own course. Somehow, the law’s course towards him has slowed in its pace since he joined the BJP. Also read: Corruption is like ‘termites’ — PM Modi justifies tough approach against civil servants 6. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’: He is India’s minister for human resource development. As Uttarakhand chief minister, he was at the centre of two big scams: one regarding land and the other regarding hydro-electric projects. The image of his regime, which was hit by various corruption cases, was so bad that the BJP forced him to resign in 2011. Of course, neither the CBI nor the Uttarakhand government is in any hurry to get to the bottom of the corruption charges. Far from being investigated, Ramesh Pokhriyal now holds an important portfolio in Modi’s 7. Narayan Rane: The BJP last year inducted former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane into the party and made him a Rajya Sabha MP. The CBI and the ED are no longer rushing to investigate Rane or raid his properties. Rane has been accused of money laundering and land scams. His is the “first family of controversies” in Maharashtra politics. https://theprint.in/opinion/7-politicians-with-corruption-charges-cbi-and-ed-wont-raid/280173/ Lannister, Stradlater and Turning_track 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) Politics is like jiski lathi uski bhains. There is a reason it is called politics. Yahan koi clean nahi hai. Edited August 23, 2019 by rkt.india putrevus and Switchblade 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Print named only BJP politicians... If it claims to be unbiased, it should include wider gamut of people from all parties ravishingravi, sergio04 and Switchblade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio04 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 50 minutes ago, diga said: Print named only BJP politicians... If it claims to be unbiased, it should include wider gamut of people from all parties Bhaai sekhar coupta ka bhi time aayega. diga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adi B Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Lol quoting "the print"?? That's all I can react to Switchblade and coffee_rules 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan AF Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Maybe they can ask him tips about the stunk up economy. Lannister 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 2 hours ago, sergio04 said: Bhaai sekhar coupta ka bhi time aayega. He is head of Editors Guild. Let him write what he wants to write. Bringing down Lalu was symbolic gesture that corrupt will go behind bars. The day Gandhi’s Mamata Akhilesh Stalin are behind bars, I will assume BJP will go after Internal cleansing too. I am in no rush bahubali 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 19 minutes ago, adi B said: Lol quoting "the print"?? That's all I can react to Most people haven’t heard of half the name in that list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Lannister said: Why do they say “Ganga mein dubaki lagane se paap dhul jaate hai” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vayuu1 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 10 hours ago, sandeep said: https://theprint.in/opinion/7-politicians-with-corruption-charges-cbi-and-ed-wont-raid/280173/ Wo kya line thi us song ki ha it with little twist "Baaki sab mar khapne hote hai " "Apne toh apne hote hai". sandeep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 bjp is not even care about big scams during upa 1 & 2 and these guys are crying about chulla cases by bjp cbi should reopen aircel-marxis case The Dark Horse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 i notice coupta has not commented on the PC issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 5 hours ago, adi B said: Lol quoting "the print"?? That's all I can react to I'm not familiar with whether that site has political leanings or not, but why shoot the messenger? I guess its one way to avoid addressing the content... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 8 hours ago, diga said: Print named only BJP politicians... If it claims to be unbiased, it should include wider gamut of people from all parties 5 hours ago, adi B said: Lol quoting "the print"?? That's all I can react to Worse than quoting thePrint is quoting a Shivam Vij's garbage from thePrint. @sandeepcleverly adding the link at the end. Went thru the list, yeh to sab BJP ke hain, looked at the link. Shivam Vij is so biased, anti-Modi, anti-BJP journalist that he makes rubbish kumar look like a bhakt. bahubali, adi B, diga and 3 others 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) The author Shivam Vij is a pro-Congress scoundrel who has gone to the extent of insulting our armed forces to make Congress look better, as biased as one can be. Notice how not a single Congressi finds his/her name on that list, not even RaGa, Sonia who are presently out on bail (Natl Herald). Some of the names on that list are hilarious. Yeddy: Many cases have been quashed by courts as baseless. Some others are pending, all politicians have 100s of frivolous charges against them. Those diaries the author is talking about are fabricated pieces of nonsense peddled by Caravan journos. Those diaries were forged as per IT officials and Caravan itself has backed out from pursuing the story. He might still be corrupt, who knows but let courts deliver some verdict. They have been behind him since UPA regime. I feel more than him the Reddy brothers should be targeted, his proximity to them is the reason why people suspect him. Reddy brothers: Under Modi govt they have been sent to jail again. Sure they may have links with Karnataka BJP but author can't say Modi let them go scot-free, but CBI needs to do more...completely agree. Himanta Biswa Sarma: not aware of that scam. From last year CBI grills Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Louis Berger scam! Minister Sarma threatens to file criminal defamation case against RTI activist Bhaben Handique Maybe case is in its early stage. SS Chouhan: Vyapam involves both BJP and Cong leaders. Diggy and Kamal have more serious charges against them than SSC...only thing SSC's relative seems to be involved there. Since swearing-in wonder why new MP CM has stopped talking about Vyapam? That case cuts across party lines so we might be in for a long haul. Mukul Roy: Not going to support. BJP is welcoming many TMC/Left crooks into the party in Bengal, opportunistic decisions which will cost it in the long run. Hell they even inducted a rabid Islamist earlier this year betraying ideology. Such people were the reason Bengalis shifted to BJP, if the party thinks people won't notice they are wrong. I won't defend Bengal BJP, too many deals with the devil. Narayan Rane is yet to be inducted into BJP, so factual error in the article. Such a basic mistake, poorly researched piece. Having said that even UPA era scams haven't been dealt with, let us see how they proceed. 2G case collapsed because of internal sabotage and lax prosecution. We need judicial, police, CBI reforms first otherwise these scams will be reduced to political slanging matches rather than finding solutions. Congies have looted 100k times worse, Pawar is still free, Marans free, Maya, Saradha, Chandy...this failure to nail the corrupt isn't limited to BJP folks, wider problem which needs a systemic change. Under this regime Lalu was sent packing to prison, as was Sasikala, now Chidambaram...let's see what unfolds next. Edited August 22, 2019 by Gollum coffee_rules and adi B 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 52 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Worse than quoting thePrint is quoting a Shivam Vij's garbage from thePrint. @sandeepcleverly adding the link at the end. Went thru the list, yeh to sab BJP ke hain, looked at the link. Shivam Vij is so biased, anti-Modi, anti-BJP journalist that he makes rubbish kumar look like a bhakt. Again, why are you deflecting to whether the site or the journalist is biased? Can you dispute the contents? Let's focus on that. I don't care whether the cat is black, white or saffron, I want a clean govt for India, one that's focused on delivering economic growth and progress. We have a demographic window that is going to close at some point. India needs to be doing a lot better right now. With the US-China trade war, there is a generational opportunity for manufacturing when supply chains are considering moving out of China. Countries like Thailand,Vietnam are really benefiting from this - India is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, sandeep said: Again, why are you deflecting to whether the site or the journalist is biased? Can you dispute the contents? Let's focus on that. I don't care whether the cat is black, white or saffron, I want a clean govt for India, one that's focused on delivering economic growth and progress. We have a demographic window that is going to close at some point. India needs to be doing a lot better right now. With the US-China trade war, there is a generational opportunity for manufacturing when supply chains are considering moving out of China. Countries like Thailand,Vietnam are really benefiting from this - India is not. You want to discuss corruption in BJP vs Congress, you know who is worse already. NDA I and II are the most clean 5 years that India has ever given. It is futile to debate that. Also compare the magnitude of corruption 2G , Bofors, fodder etc to some namby pamby list of thePrint. Also, BJP will correct course as there are no dynasts, while congress has a dynasty culture which will be corrupt for generations. In case of yeddy, the new cabinet is filled with a clean team hand picked by Shah, will not let him run amok. Never seen such culture in any party national or regional. Pushton ka raaj chalta hain congress main to. adi B and bahubali 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Quote 1. B.S. Yediyurappa: He has become Karnataka’s chief minister again despite being the very image of corruption in Karnataka. Accused in land and mining scams, with diaries recovered from his possession showing hefty amounts being paid to top BJP leaders, judges and advocates, Yediyurappa today stands tall, acquitted of most of the charges. The same CBI that was investigating him for years couldn’t furnish enough evidence against him when the Modi government came to power. The Supreme Court might yet order investigations against him in a land scam. I have an issue with the content. Is the author trying to suggest that cases against Yedi were thrown out cause Modi was in power? This would suggest that the courts are not neutral. So its a case of guilty till proven innocent? Why isnt the same author mentioning that A Raja and Kanimozhi also were acquitted under Modi rule. The very image of corruption? In whose mind? Fattie vij? Was he asleep with Kumaraswamy was looting the state away? coffee_rules and bahubali 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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