Chief Minister Azad says most Kashmiris are corrupt
‘If I open Pandora’s Box 50% of people will land in jail’
Ganderbal, April 10: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday accused most of the Kashmiris including leaders and officials of being “corrupt” and said that if he opens the Pandora’s Box, 50 percent of Kashmiris would land in a jail.
“In past 20 years, most of the Kashmiri leaders worked in league with officials, like engineers, to plunder the wealth of the state through fake bills issued on forged construction projects,’ the Chief Minister said while addressing a gathering here in this newly formed district on the occasion of Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign organized by Press Information Bureau, to create awareness and disseminate information about the flagship programmes of the UPA government.
Azad said that If he “opens the Pandora’s Box, half of the Kashmir would land in a jail,”
In an apparent reference to the leaders from mainstream political parties the Chief Minister said, “I know every detail about all those leaders who have been plundering the state exchequer and who worked in league with officials and engineers for past 20 years. Those who think that I am unaware about the facts are mistaken.”
The Chief Minister said that his directions to the officials not to pass any bills without proper verification have made many leaders “uncomfortable.” “Many of them are feeling choked as they are unable to make easy money,’ Azad said, adding, “So they are hell bent on tarnishing my image.
”The Chief Minister claimed that 90 percent of the big houses and mansions that were constructed in Kashmir in past 20 years belong to those politicians and officers who “looted public money.”
(Shabir Dar in the Rising Kashmir)