BJP, Cong push for sons of controversial bureaucrat
26 Oct 2013 5:10 AM IST
At a time when the Supreme Court is going hammer and tongs to cleanse political arena of corrupt and criminal elements, in a curious case, both the major parties in Delhi - the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are pushing for the candidature of the two sons of a known controversial bureaucrat.
The matter pertains to retired additional commissioner of Municipal Corporation (MCD) Raj Mohan Singh , who was raided by Central Bureau of Investigation, for his alleged involvement in mid-day meal scam and remained suspended from services for a long time.
Singh’s name had also figured prominently when he had got the then secretary of MCD commissioner, GS Matharoo, named in a false case in Jharkhand and had also targeted then MCD commissioner Rakesh Mehta.
Raj Mohan Singh’s elder son Pankaj Kumar Singh is a councillor from Kunwar Singh Nagar, Nagloi on BJP ticket. This other son — Manoj Kumar Singh, has applied to Delhi Congress for assembly ticket from Purvanchalis-dominated Kirari seat.
Manoj Kumar Singh is a counsel on the panel of Delhi Transco Limited and is considered close to corporate houses involved in power distribution. Sources said, while Manoj Kumar Singh is a serious contender for Kirari, his brother is being considered by the BJP for Vikaspuri, which too has come to acquire a Purvanchal profile.
A senior MCD official informed that Raj Mohan Singh was even chargesheeted in the mid-meal scam. ‘It would be travesty of justice, if his sons are fielded, because their prosperity is the outcome of their fathers ill-gotten wealth,’ said a BJP leader.
Interestingly, on 18 October, after day-long deliberations on the ticket distribution issue in the Congress war room, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president JP Agarwal presented a formula to the party’s screening committee, debarring those involved in heinous crimes from getting the party ticket for the elections.
As for the restriction on candidates with criminal records, Dikshit and Agarwal were in agreement that distinction should be made between those involved in serious criminal offences and those booked under various preventive sections or while carrying out political protests.
The matter pertains to retired additional commissioner of Municipal Corporation (MCD) Raj Mohan Singh , who was raided by Central Bureau of Investigation, for his alleged involvement in mid-day meal scam and remained suspended from services for a long time.
Singh’s name had also figured prominently when he had got the then secretary of MCD commissioner, GS Matharoo, named in a false case in Jharkhand and had also targeted then MCD commissioner Rakesh Mehta.
Raj Mohan Singh’s elder son Pankaj Kumar Singh is a councillor from Kunwar Singh Nagar, Nagloi on BJP ticket. This other son — Manoj Kumar Singh, has applied to Delhi Congress for assembly ticket from Purvanchalis-dominated Kirari seat.
Manoj Kumar Singh is a counsel on the panel of Delhi Transco Limited and is considered close to corporate houses involved in power distribution. Sources said, while Manoj Kumar Singh is a serious contender for Kirari, his brother is being considered by the BJP for Vikaspuri, which too has come to acquire a Purvanchal profile.
A senior MCD official informed that Raj Mohan Singh was even chargesheeted in the mid-meal scam. ‘It would be travesty of justice, if his sons are fielded, because their prosperity is the outcome of their fathers ill-gotten wealth,’ said a BJP leader.
Interestingly, on 18 October, after day-long deliberations on the ticket distribution issue in the Congress war room, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president JP Agarwal presented a formula to the party’s screening committee, debarring those involved in heinous crimes from getting the party ticket for the elections.
As for the restriction on candidates with criminal records, Dikshit and Agarwal were in agreement that distinction should be made between those involved in serious criminal offences and those booked under various preventive sections or while carrying out political protests.
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