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SP-BSP alliance proportionate assets as a minister, and

the wealth of his family too has gone
up, unbelievably, higher than known
for 2019 general sources of his income.
The Comptroller and Auditor Gen-
eral of India (CAG), in a report tabled
in the legislative assembly in 2017, had
elections may put mining.
claimed that the state government had
lost revenue of 477.93 crore in illegal
CBI teams conducted simultaneous
BJP in tight spot raids at the various premises of a high
profile 2008 batch woman officer of
the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),
Mrs. B. Chandrakala,38, and Samajwadi
Party MLC Ramesh Mishra under the
BJP may face challenges in keeping intact its alliance offences relating to prevention of cor-
partners and realigning caste configurations to counter the ruption, Criminal conspiracy, theft,
extortion, cheating and attempt to com-
recent Akhilesh-Mayawati pact in Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha mit offence and criminal misconduct.
polls, writes mudit mathur Chandrakala enjoyed prime posting,
as she got special patronage of Akhilesh
Yadav’s uncle and Rajya Sabha mem-
fter suffering major set- ing material during raids by CBI and ber Ram Gopal Yadav. Chandrakala, a
back in recently held Enforcement Directorate for alleg- former Hamirpur district magistrate,
Assembly elections in Hin- edly accumulating disproportionate is a social media favourite with follow-
di heartland states, Madhya assets and laundering of money ing of more than many political leaders
A Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and through shell companies is adding due to her mask of public-spirited and
Rajasthan, the journey for 2019 general ample ammunition to Modi’s artillery. upright officer.
elections is going to be a tightrope walk During his Varanasi and Ghazipur vis- Chandrakala is accused of sanc-
for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its, PM also attacked Rahul Gandhi for tioning and renewing leases flouting
he may face challenges within his coa- Augusta Westland VVIP chopper deal the norms of e-tendering during her
lition partners and alliances of opposi- wherein an alleged middle-man Chris- posting as district magistrate of Hamir-
tion parties in the politically most cru- tian Michel was recently extradited pur after July 2012. Besides Hamir-
cial Uttar Pradesh. from UAE for a trial to face allegations pur she also worked at Allahabad,
The ruling party is heading to face of corruption in another defence deal Mathura, Bulandshahr and Meerut
difficulty in keeping intact its alliance of UPA regime. before being picked up by the NDA gov-
partners and realign their caste config- After the CBI teams raided 16 plac- ernment as director of Swachch Bharat
urations to counter the SP-BSP poll pact es in connection with allegations of Mission under the Union ministry of
between Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati illegal mining during Samajwadi Party drinking water and sanitation in 2017.
for Lok Sabha polls, to contest 38 seats rule (2012-2016) led by Akhilesh Yadav, The name of Ram Gopal Yadav con-
each, forgetting past political animosi- allegations of irregularities and cor- tinued to be under scanner ever since
ties in the larger interest of the country. ruption in granting new and renewing Enforcement Director booked Noida
However, a section of BJP insiders old mining lease and license in utter based chief engineer Yadav Singh in
are still optimistic and foresee early violation of restrictions imposed by the various housing swindles and amassing
signs of resurgence with the way Prime Allahabad High Court in a PIL in 2016. disproportionate assets in the name of
Minister Narendra Modi has convinc- These raids purportedly recovered his family member through facade of
ingly attacking his political oppo- incriminating evidences of favourit- shell companies wherein his immedi-
nents-Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati, ism and irregularities. In that period, ate family members were associated
as allegations of corruption against Yadav handled the mining portfolio for as its stakeholders. Yadav Singh also
these leaders have apparently gaining a brief spell of time before its alloca- enjoyed excellent rapport with Bahu-
ground in the investigation that was tion to Gayatri Prajapati. Prajapati was jan Samaj Party Supremo as he got the
initiated on the directives of the Alla- already arrested under various crimi- direct patronage her brother Anand
habad High Court. nal cases, Lok Ayukta was investigating Kumar that facilitated phenomenal rise
Recovery of substantial incriminat- charges against him for amassing dis- to his career prospects.

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