bulbul Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 "At the moment, I would only like to say that in its investigations, CBI is unable to make a distinction between bona fide decisions taken in public interest and wrong decisions. If CBI has come to conclusion that allocation of Talabira (coal blocks) to Hindalco was a conspiracy, then they should have made the Prime Minister, who approved the allocation, as accused No. 1," said Parakh. Parakh's remarks came hours after he was named in the latest chargesheet filed by the CBI along with industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and his company. In fact, Parakh, a geologist-turned IAS officer of the 1969 batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, who now lives in Hyderabad, was described as the coalgate whistleblower and the inclusion of his name in the CBI chargesheet has surprised many following the scam closely. Interestingly, while Shibhu Soren and Dasari Narayana Rao were the coal minister and minister of state respectively when the UPA government took over in May 2004, at the time when Parakh moved the cabinet note seeking the scrapping of the selective allocations of coal blocks in favour of competitive bidding, Soren had to resign due to political reasons and it was Manmohan Singh who was in-charge of coal ministry. The PM headed the ministry between July 2004 and November 2004, when Soren was reinstated http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Coal-scam-If-CBI-smells-a-rat-PM-should-be-accused-No-1-former-coal-secretary-PC-Parakh-says/articleshow/24214489.cms From WiKi Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. Barbara Killinger offers a traditional definition: Integrity is a personal choice, an uncompromising and predictably consistent commitment to honour moral, ethical, spiritual and artistic values and principles.[1] The word "integrity" stems from the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete).[3] In this context, integrity is the inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others "have integrity" to the extent that they act according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold. .[5]
diga Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 If P. C. Parakh had named ANYONE from BJP in #CoalGate, EVERYONE from Congress would be screaming in TV studios demanding resignation.
DomainK Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 If the BCI smells a rat in coal scam, would it not be more logical to blame the rat?
bulbul Posted October 17, 2013 Author Posted October 17, 2013 NEW DELHI: Former top bureaucrats have come out in support of ex-coal secretary PC Parakh, who has been named by CBI in the coal block allocations scam, warning that harassment of honest officers will erode government's credibility and stop senior officers from taking decisions. "Parakh, as I have known him, is an honest, competent officer. While I do not wish to comment on the CBI investigation as such, as I do not have all the facts, I am at a loss to understand how an FIR has been filed only against him and no one in the PMO and no Minister," said EAS Sarma, former coal secretary. If it is a case of conspiracy, all the conspirators should be taken into account. I hope there is no conspiracy, said Sarma, a former IAS officer. "I feel that investigations in such cases should be objective and uninfluenced by extraneous pressures. A clear distinction must be made between decisions taken in good faith and mala fide decisions. It is unfortunate that dishonest ministers, politicians and officers should be let off and honest officers harassed. It will only erode the credibility of the government which has already been on the decline in the recent times," he said. Sarma said he has written to CVC on June 15 last year requesting it to initiate an investigation into the role of the PMO in the Coalgate affair and three other scams. "I reminded CVC at least two times after that. There has been no visible response from CVC on my letters," Sarma said. Former Cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian said such kind of action by CBI against Parakh will stop others from taking decisions. "There are all kind of bureaucrats, good, bad, honest ... There has to be a reasonable basis for any action by the agency," he said. "According to the FIR, it was said Parakh met Kumar Mangalam Birla. As Cabinet Secretary, I used to meet ten bureaucrats, ten politicians and ten businessmen daily. Should that mean that I be also made an accused?" he asked. Parakh wanted the system to be changed for good, rued Subramanian. The former cabinet secretary also felt that there was an "ulterior motive" behind the move to name Parakh as an accused. "If he has been made an accused, he could be crippled as a witness. There could be an ulterior motive," he said. Former central vigilance commissioner N Vittal accused CBI of not following its charter. "It is utterly unfair and incompetent on part of CBI (to name Parakh). They are not following their charter. I condemn CBI's action," he said. "I have known Parakh. He is an honest person and has a good reputation," Vittal said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Coalgate-Ex-top-bureaucrats-come-out-in-support-of-Parakh/articleshow/24300875.cms Too many liars :hmmm:
diga Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 bhupendra chaubey @bhupendrachaube 2h Buzz in Delhi: Remove MMS at this stage in coal, claim high moral ground that party sacrificed an honest man for probity, bring in dalit PM! from the CNN-IBN journalist :ohmy: early elections if it happens bhupendra chaubey @bhupendrachaube 2h Buzz in Delhi: Tuesday could be a big day in Delhi. Watch out folks. There could be a major political storm approaching
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