Breaking his silence over the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) paper leak scam and the protest of State IAS officers’ association over the arrest of the BSSC chairman, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday brushed aside their demand for a CBI inquiry, emphatically saying that he never practised politics of “framing or protecting anyone.”
Mr. Kumar also dared Opposition leaders to come out with the names of Ministers and MLAs whom they alleged to be involved in the paper leak.
“I never practised politics of framing or protecting anyone, nor ever believed in vendetta or mudslinging… the government will act on the basis of the report of the SIT probing the BSSC paper leak. Investigation is in police domain and the court will decide on the evidences presented before it,” he said.
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‘No representation’
On the arrest of BSSC chairman and senior IAS officer of the State Sudhir Kumar, the Chief Minister said he was yet to receive any formal memorandum by the State IAS officers’ association in this regard.
“No formal representation has come to me yet. Once I’ll get their memorandum I will review it and take a decision that will prove to be a milestone,” said Mr. Kumar.
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Protesters meet Governor
Earlier, protesting against the manner in which Mr. Sudhir Kumar and some of his family members were arrested in the paper leak scam, the IAS officers’ association met Governor Ram Nath Kovind and the State Assembly Speaker Vijay Chaudhary, seeking their intervention and demanding a CBI probe into the case.
The fuming IAS officers even had declared that they would not take any oral orders even from the Chief Minister.
They called their colleague Mr. Sudhir Kumar as “honest and upright”. They got support from RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who too said that Mr. Sudhir Kumar was an honest officer.