Former CM Trivendra Rawat castigates both former speakers for appointments in Assembly secretariat saying Kunjwal’s, attitude seems to be haughty !
The former chief minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat has come out in the open to oppose the appointments in Vidhan Sabha by former speakers Govind Singh Kunjwal during Congress tenure and Prem Aggrawal, now minister saying that red tapism and nepotism can’t be tolerated at any cost and the arguments put forward by them that since there was precedent since beginning they have followed the same. While responding to the questions of media men at Dehradun the other day former chief minister asked – should we repeat the Bofors scam to vindicate our wrong doings. Had prime minister ever said that since Bofors scam had been committed earlier we should also do wrong things, questioned Rawat while speaking to the reporters. Terming the statement of former Uttarakhand speaker Govind Kunjwal that yes he has appointed his son n daughter in law in Uttarakhand Assembly secretariat as, per norms as wrong and full of proud, an haughty attitude – Trivendra Singh Rawat said that it does not behove well for a former speaker who had just lost once during his long chequered political career. Praising prime minister Narendra Modi he said that when he met him after becoming the UK CM prime minister had clearly advised him to work transparently for the good and well being of the people and never favour nepotism saying that he left his family for the well being, welfare of the countrymen and development of the nation. Speaking transparently on the UK assembly secretariat appointments, while responding on the questions of media about the statement of former Assembly speaker Prem Aggrawal regarding arbitrary appointments n his son’s appointment as well, terming them as legal n under set norms, Trivendra Singh Rawat said that though I do not know on what context he had said so – but I am of the strong opinion that the BJP central leadership will not agree to what he said. Any intellectual, right thinking person, and the constitutional expert will never agree to what former speaker n minister Prem Aggrawal said was right. Regarding a question of his consent in these appointments Trivendra Rawat disclosed that the concerned file had come to him for my consent but I had transparently written that the appointments can be done but transparency should be strictly adhered to, in these appointments. I had been in active political life for the last fifteen years including a Minister n CM. I had been extremely conscious in taking transparent decisions ensuring that nepotism n favouritism never comes into consideration added former Uttarakhand CM Rawat. The elected representatives should never favour their family members or near n dear ones but should work transparently for the good n well being of the general masses terming the statement of former Speaker Govind, Singh Kunjwal full of proud, with haughty attitude. He also clarified that whether it’s President House, or Governor’s House where the money comes from Public exchequer transparency should be strictly adhered to adding that public representatives are not the family representative but people’s representative. The interest if the state should be on the top state Rawat.
