Times of India: Gurgaon: Wednesday,
June 26, 2013.
Brewing a
fresh controversy, RTI documents released by local unit of BJP has put Gurgaon
MLA and Haryana minister of state for sports Sukhbir Kataria in dock for
allegedly misusing his discretionary fund to aid a selected few.
According to
documents provided under RTI to Umesh Aggarwal, the beneficiaries who were
given this grant for being poor are actually school managements, government
employees, his own assistants and even a local journalist.
The list of
beneficiaries also has Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon which got huge amount
for construction of cemented roads. Ironically, these roads were built in-front
of the houses of people close to Kataria.
"We have
got this information from district development and panchayat officer (DDPO). It
highlights how Katraia is misusing his position to keep influential on his
side. It's pity that everything right from MCG to schools and even journalists
are being managed with discretionary funds meant for development of
district," said Umesh Aggarwal, state media convener of the BJP.
As per the
RTI documents, minister Kataria was given his discretionary fund for October
2009 to March, 31, 2013. He had given Rs 23 lakh to Happy Model School, Rs 16
lakh to AVR school, Rs 13.5 lakh to Our Lady Fatima School, Rs 17 lakh to
Sheetla Vidyapeeth but only Rs 1.13 lakh was given to one government women
college of city.
Same minister
provided Rs 17 lakh to Guru Dronacharya Sewa Samiti and Rs 16 lakh to Gurgaon
village RWA. "The beneficiaries took aid in lieu of clothes and medicines
for their families saying they are "poor", added Umesh Aggarwal.
The minister
could not contacted as his mobile phone was switched off.
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