He alleged that in his tenure because the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&Ok), he was advised that he had acquired a bribe of Rs 300 crore for clearing two recordsdata referring to “Ambani” and “a senior RSS functionary”. Satya Pal Malik stated on Saturday that it might be “not right” to call the particular person, however “everyone knows who was in charge of the RSS in Jammu and Kashmir”.
Speaking to The Sunday Express, Malik, who’s at present serving because the Governor of Meghalaya, stated: “It wouldn’t be appropriate to call the particular person, however you could find out who’s answerable for the RSS in J&Ok. Was. But I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have named RSS. If somebody is working in his private capability or doing any enterprise, then he ought to have been referred. Whatever group he’s related to, the group shouldn’t have been introduced into it.”
Meanwhile, when requested about Malik’s allegations, RSS chief Ram Madhav stated in Surat, “Ask him who or what it was”. When advised that he was in J&Ok on the time, he stated: “Nobody from the RSS would do something like that; But I actually do not know in what context he stated it, or whether or not he stated it or not. You ought to ask him… He will need to have stated ‘any individual stated this’… I do not know about this, no person from RSS ever does this… He stated in 2014 that we’re dropping elections and we’ve completed injustice to the farmers. Do we settle for all this? It might be his opinion, what’s the fact, we do not know.”
Malik made these remarks at a “public meeting” in Rajasthan on October 17. In a video of his speech, Malik says: “I came across two files in J&K. One of them belonged to Ambani, the other to a senior RSS functionary. One of the secretaries told me these were vague deals. , but you can get Rs 150 crore each of these. I turned down the offer saying that I had brought five kurta-pyjamas (to Kashmir), and will go with just these. But as a precaution I took time from the Prime Minister and went to meet him. I told him this is the file, this is the ghapla (scam), the people involved in this, and they take your name, you tell me what to do. If these projects are to be done Not to be canceled, then I can go and you can appoint someone else in my place; but if I stay, I will not clean these project files. I appreciate the Prime Minister for his reply – He told me that there was no need for any compromise on corruption.”
“People can not think about how corrupt J&Ok is. Across the nation, the fee charge for cleansing such recordsdata is 4-5 per cent, however in Jammu and Kashmir they ask for a fee of 15 per cent. There was panic throughout my tenure and there was no main corruption.
Asked whether or not he took motion in opposition to those that have been making an attempt to bribe him or authorities officers to get his initiatives cleared, Malik stated: “They were not trying to bribe me. But there were bribes in those projects. There were some people who were taking it… there was no need for any further action as I had canceled both the projects. That punishment was enough.”
In his speech, Malik additionally referred to the Roshni scheme, alleging that NC chief Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti have been among the many beneficiaries. Both NC and PDP leaders have termed Malik’s allegations as baseless and threatened to take authorized motion in opposition to him.
“Everything I said is true,” Malik advised The Sunday Express. He stated, ‘She (Mehbooba) is sort of a daughter to me as a result of Muftiji was a really expensive buddy of mine. I’ve by no means spoken abusively in opposition to him. I simply stated that individuals took benefit of it. He didn’t personal it (the land), however his employees took plots of land on a really giant scale. You know that Anonymous works quite a bit on this nation.’
“She ought to know that, legally, she will be able to neither ship me a authorized discover nor file a authorized case in opposition to me… if Mehbooba calls me on the telephone and asks me to withdraw her remark. Said, then I’d have completed it, as a result of I’ve such relation along with her. She is aware of very nicely that she can not take authorized motion in opposition to me… I stand by what I stated, but when anybody is harm (due to my remark), so I’ve no hesitation in saying, ‘Let’s go away it’. Everything I stated is true, however neither do I wish to stress it, and if it hurts anybody If so, I’ll withdraw my remarks,” Malik stated.
“(Farooq Abdullah) is a big, very senior politician. I respect him and didn’t say anything derogatory about him. But the general belief against these people is that they misused their power. I didn’t say anything myself. I have no grudge against them,” he stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
