AAP MLA gave official positions to dear ones: Congress MLA

Chandigarh, May 02: Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Friday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann demanding immediate dismissal and arrest of minister Lal Chand Kataruchak.

 

 

 

The Bholath MLA alleged that Kataruchak misused his official position and appointed his near and dear ones to important positions. He added that this not only is in violation of the law but also against the AAP government’s zero-tolerance to corruption ideology.

 

 

 

“Since it has now come to the fore that your party leaders are misusing their official positions, I demand a white paper by your government on all the personal staff recruited by your ministers and MLAs from March 2022,” Khaira said. “Cabinet Minister vide orders dated 29.03.2022 has illegitimately appointed his son Robin Singh as his Telephone Attendant, his sister-in-law’s son Vikas Deviyal as his Special Assistant, and his political aide Sahil Saini as his cook. The said minister, besides appointing his son as Telephone Attendant flouting your directions, has tampered with the official record to appoint Vikas Deviyal a resident of Kangra, HP, as his Special Assistant by wrongly showing his address as V Kataruchak PO Farida Nagar Tehsil & District Pathankot (Minister’s native address). Deviyal is registered as a voter at Serial No. 544 of Polling Station Mohtali of Indora – 7 assembly constituency of HP (he also attached a copy of the voter list attached). Similarly, the said Sahil Saini is actually his very close political aide and handles his day-to-day activities and has been appointed as Cook at his official residence,” the letter stated. The minister has also manipulated to appoint Lakhbir Singh Laddi as President of Truck Union Dinanagar despite the fact that there is a serious case of NDPS act registered against him.

 

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Ministers are expected to uphold ethics and morality in public life and lead by example but the said Minister has not only broken the rule of law but has also trashed to ground the so-called ideology of AAP propagating high standards of public life, accountability, and transparency, Khaira said.