The Bold Indian Media Stands Tall : CBI probes Kargil for Profit Scam

[Chanakyaa]

Its Shameful but my Only Point to Prove here is ... Indian Media is Bold to Speak the Truth.

Times Now Broke the News of Corruption in CWG, Now they Do the same again.

I am a Patriot and Love My India. My Only Itention of Bringing This Thread up is to PROVE, INDIANs AND INDIAN MEDIA CAN and WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH - BE IT ON OUR SIDE OR AGAINST .

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday (October 29) has sought clarification from the public servants who reside in Adarsh Society of their source of income.

Raghuraj Singh, Joint Director of CBI, said in Mumbai that agency will also sought information on environment and defence clearance.

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MUMBAI: Under intense media scrutiny over the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam, Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan admitted that some of his relatives got flats in the building but have now surrendered them.

In his first formal interaction with reporters after the scam surfaced, Chavan also announced that he had asked MMRDA to revoke occupancy certificates till Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) gives clearance.

The embattled Chavan ruled out quitting his post, saying there was no need to do so.

"Distant relatives...if they are eligible, then there is no reason to deny them (flats)," Chavan said, after the media expose that his mother-in-law, sister-in-law and one more person got allotment in the building.

"Seema Sharma and Madanlal Sharma are distant relatives. Today, they have informed in writing that they have resigned from the Society," he said.

Chavan's mother-in-law Bhagwati Sharma is dead and has no nominee.

The prime piece of land in upmarket Colaba given to the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society belonged to the state government and not the Services, he said.

"The land belongs to the state government, based on the collector's records. Revenue department granted land to the Society as per GR of 9.7.1999," he said.

"This land falls outside defence boundary. It was not reserved for war veterans or Kargil heroes," Chavan said, adding "The charges of my involvement (in the scam) are politically motivated."

Asked if he felt he should step aside while the inquiry was on, Chavan said, "There is no such need. Every day one thing or the other goes on in politics. I have been in politics for 40-45 years... one faces difficulties.

"I wasn't a minister when the land was given to the Society."

Ruling out a fresh probe into the alleged irregularities in the project, he said, "CBI is already handling the matter. The state government does not need to institute a fresh inquiry.

"I have asked MMRDA to revoke occupancy certificate till Ministry of Environment and Forest gives clearance."

On the MoEF permission, Chavan said Union minister Jairam Ramesh has written a letter to the state government. "Earlier there was a letter from MoEF saying this authority has been delegated to state government. From that basis, the clearance must have been given (at the local level)," he said.

Today, there are 102 members of the Society, of which 37 belong to the Defence. All the plans were approved by the BMC, he said.

He admitted the need for a new policy to be adopted by the state government on allotment of plots, considering the Adarsh row.

Chavan denied any role in inclusion of civilian members in the Society, saying "This right is vested with the Society. The right to check whether the admitted person is eligible rests with the collector.

Read more: Distant kin got flats, won't quit: Chavan - The Times of India Distant kin got flats, won't quit: Chavan - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over allotment of flats to former heads of Services among other VIPs in the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai, three ex-chiefs today said they would return the houses if they were meant to be given to the families of Kargil war martyrs.

A statement in this regard was issued by former Navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh on behalf of himself and the two former Army chiefs Generals Deepak Kapoor and N C Vij.

"At no stage we were aware that these flats are meant for Kargil war widows as claimed by certain sections of the media and if that be so, then we have absolutely no hesitation whatsoever in returning these flats to the authorities concerned," Singh said.

Expressing "utter dismay" over the controversy, the former Navy chief said, "the two Generals and I have spent our lifetime in the Service and looking after the welfare of our troops. I can assure everyone that it was never ever our intention to deprive anyone of their dues."

A controversy has erupted over how the Adarsh society in upscale Colaba, originally meant to be a six-storey structure to house Kargil war heroes and widows, got converted into a 31-storey building.

The highrise is built on 6,450 sq metres within the Colaba naval area and was cleared on the condition of housing war veterans but now has 104 members including senior army commanders, a former environment minister, legislators and state bureaucrats.

Read more: Adarsh housing scam: Three ex-service chiefs likely to return flats - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...n-flats/articleshow/6835695.cms#ixzz13lSxxHyc

 

[KALKI]

^^ you don't have to prove anything to anyone buddy. We Indians know how good or bad Indian media is, where it fails and where it excels.

Let them call it orange, green, yellow or any other color of the visible spectrum, we have nothing to prove to anyone