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With the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh scheduled on November 28, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said if the party comes to power it will “fast-track” the investigation into the alleged Vyapam scam and bring the guilty to book.
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“We will abolish Vyapam first of all and set up a new board. Nearly 2,000 students are in jail, 35 cases are ongoing and 28 people have died till now. We are going to make sure that a fast track enquiry takes places and will bring to book those who are guilty,” said the 47-year-old Congress leader.
Scindia is Congress’ campaign committee chief for the state and the party is trying to win back the state which it had lost 15 years ago. The elections for 230 seats will take place in a single phase.
Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, commonly known by the acronym Vyapam (Vyavasayik Pareeksha Mandal) has been one of the biggest recruitment scandal in recent years. The allegations of bribery and marksheet fudging hogged the limelight. The allegations are being investigated by the central agencies like the CBI and Enforcement Directorate and have already filed several charge sheets regarding the case.
Scindia, who has strong hold in Madhya Pradesh and managed to win in 2004 despite the wave against Congress, refuted BJP’s allegations that Congress manifesto had talked about banning RSS in Madhya Pradesh.
“What’s the controversy about it? It (Congress manifesto) does not talk about banning any organisation. Our manifesto very clearly says that according to the rules of government procedure, by which all government servants are governed, you are not allowed to participate in any political outfit’s organisational activity,” Scindia was quoted as saying by PTI. Scindia spoke during a campaign tour in Guna-Shivpuri, his parliamentary constituency.
“You can believe in a political outfit, there is no pratibandh (ban) or bar from believing in it but as a government servant you certainly can’t participate and that’s part of our Constitution,” he said.
“Whatever is a rule is a rule. So why is the BJP getting all worked up about it? The difference between BJP and us is that we follow the law. They don’t and so when the law is being enforced they have a problem because they believe in outlaws,” the Scindia scion said, who is tipped to be the Chief Ministerial candidate in case Congress wins.
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