Blind Govt. And Monkey Justice

AKHILESH YADAV, CM, UP

DURGA SAKTI NAGPAL, SUSPENDED IAS OFFICER

There cannot be a better example of a government that is blind and a government who believe in monkey justice system than the Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Akhilesh Yadav and run by his keens.

Akhilesh has maintained since beginning that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Durga Shakti Nagpal, an IAS officer was suspended because she acted in prejudiced manner that threatened communal harmony in the area. What was her action that undermined communal peace? According chief minister and his uncle, the officer demolished the wall of a mosque in the area without giving any notice to the people who built the mosque. It now transpires that there is no mosque there as claimed by the chief minister. There is official report sent by the District Magistrate of NOIDA that confirms the non-existence of the mosque mentioned by the chief minister and his team. A wall was erected on a plot of land illegally. The SDM after receiving complaint from the plotter of the trap (Samajvadi Party leader) that there was illegal construction there. The SDM reached the place and spoke to the people of the locality. She counseled them and the people agreed to bring down the structure voluntarily. Where she demolished the wall in first place with bull dozer and where was the mosque?

The report submitted by the District Magistrate of Gautam Budha Nagar says that there was no communal tension and there was no mosque there.

Now, will the chief minister answer why he is blind to violent clashes between the Shias and the Sunnis in Lucknow for the past two days that has indeed disturbed communal peace right under his nose? Has the chief minister or his government taken any action against any officer for dereliction of duty in Lucknow? The answer is a big no.

Then why pick up an honest woman who was doing her job honestly? Why fabricate a case to trap and victimize the officer?

On an average the illegal mining of sand in the area fetches ill gotten money running into millions of rupees. A large slice of this money goes to the politicians in Lucknow. The sand mafia was threatened and their illicit business was closed.

What answer the chief minister has now?

The Centre woke up rather late and that too only after the case of the SDM sent nationwide shock waves. The whole country is outraged at the criminal conduct of the state government. First Union Minister Salman Khursheed said that the hands the Centre were tied. Now Narayansamy says New Delhi can act and the Centre can revoke the suspension after it receives a formal complaint from the victim, Durga Shakti that her suspension was wrong. Since the officer is from the Central Cadre of Indian Administrative Service, its parent authority is Department of Personnel under the Prime Minister of India.

The million rupee question is will the Manmohan Singh government undo the injustice done to Durga Shakti. Does the Congress and the government headed by it show the guts to respond to the call of justice at the risk of annoying Mulayam Singh Yadav? We eagerly wait for your call Mr Manmohan Singh.

~R. K. Sinha