Opposition BJP in Uttarakhand has asked the Centre to order a CBI probe into the alleged relief scam and the sting CD episode in which Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s erstwhile secretary was purportedly shown negotiating a deal with a mediator for allocation of liquor licences.
A delegation of BJP leaders recently called on Home Minister Rajnath Singh urging him to see that a probe by the apex investigating agency is launched into both the cases, in-charge of party affairs in Uttarakhand Shyam Jaju told reporters here on Friday.
When asked why it took them so long to approach the Centre for a CBI probe, Mr Jaju said: “We were expecting the state government would do something about it. However, when it disappointed us we have knocked at the doors of the Centre.”
BJP has been alleging a huge scam in the distribution of relief in Uttarakhand in the wake of 2013 flash-floods and has been demanding a high level probe into it.
A probe carried out by former Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand N Ravishankar into the alleged scam had given a clean chit to officials claiming there was nothing amiss.
