New Delhi, Even as questions are being raised about the timing of Babu Singh Kushwaha's arrest on the last day of seven-phase polling in Uttar Pradesh, highly placed sources said two more prominent arrests are likely in the National Rural Health Mission scam before the votes are counted on March 6. CBI was aware of Kushwaha's role for the past three months and he was questioned twice. CBI sources said former family welfare principal secretary Pradeep Shukla is also on the radar and might be arrested soon. Kushwaha was named as the main accused in one of the cases related to upgradation of 134 district hospitals in Uttar Pradesh. In this case, where a contract of Rs 13.4 crore was given by UP Jal Nigam to M/s Surgicoin, Kushwaha was named as an accused along with P K Jain. It was alleged that work was given to Surgicoin on the basis of bogus/forged documents and the material installed in the hospitals was found to be of inferior/sub-standard quality and there was a loss of Rs 5.46 crore. CBI had found during investigations that Kushwaha had given the go-ahead to award the contract to Surgicoin. Kushwaha defended himself on Saturday in the Ghaziabad court claiming that ...
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Allahabad, If you want to see me alive and hale and hearty and save from going to jail, vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the assembly elections and inflict a crushing defeat on Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) candidates, said former minister and expelled BSP leader, Babu Singh Kushwaha while addressing a meeting in support of BJP candidates at Colonelgunj Inter College here on Saturday. Stating that during his political career spanning 27 years he did everything to facilitate BSP to power in the state, Kushwaha said that if the BSP and SP are really interested in the upliftment of backwards and OBC they would have never promised providing 9 and 18 percent reservation to Muslims.This amounts to appeasement and erosion of existing OBC quota of 27 percent reservation in jobs. Accussing BSP ministers of plotting to frame him in false cases he said that had I not received the support of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) at this crucial juncture, my fate would have been disastrous. Taking a swipe at BSP supremo, Mayawati for ignoring the interest of backwards, he said that she was only interested in taking care of her cadre votes.Moreover when I tried to raise the voice ...
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Kanpur, Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Friday refrained from commenting on the inclusion of sacked Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Babu Singh Kushwaha in her party, and said that she does not want to speak on the subject to the media, but would speak on the party platform. "Whatever I have to say, I speak on the party platform. I do not speak such things to the media personnel. Whatever I have to say about the party, I talk it in front of the party leaders and not before the media," Bharti told the media here. "Whatever I have to say in the party, I do not talk about it outside," she added, when asked whether she was upset over the inclusion of Kushwaha in the BJP. According to certain media reports, Uma Bharti is extremely upset over the inclusion of tainted former Uttar Pradesh Minister Babu Singh Kushawha in the BJP, and has threatened the party to stop campaigning in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Babu Singh Kushwaha, a prominent OBC leader from Uttar Pradesh, was sacked from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) following which he joined the BJP. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had on Wednesday raided Kushwaha''s residence for his ...
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New Delhi, The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Wednesday blamed the Congress- led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for making the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raid the residence and other properties of former Uttar Pradesh Family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha. The CBI on Wednesday raided the residence and other property of former Uttar Pradesh Family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and several other officials in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. The raids followed a day after Kushwaha, a former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “We demand strong action against people who have cases of corruption against their name," said BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. He said that the key opposition party of India is not a ‘platform’ to shield the corrupt people. Naqvi blamed that Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party had struck a deal over raiding the residence of Babu Singh Kushwaha. “There is a deal between BSP and Congress over the issue. Rahul Gandhi and Digvijaya Singh are the dealers of the deal who are protecting the corrupt central government. “We are not ...
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