Lucknow: Mayawati on Wednesday sacked yet another minister who the Lokayukta had indicted for corruption. Chandradev Ram Yadav held the department of small-scale industry. He becomes the 26th minister to get the boot in the CM's current term. Yadav was removed after a Lokayukta probe found him drawing two salaries for the past five years —as minister and as principal of a government-aided school in Azamgarh. Yadav doesn’t get a BSP ticket and senior minister Indrajeet Saroj has been given charge of his portfolio. Mayawati has fired 18 ministers in the past six months and of the total 26 she has got rid of, 12 have been for corruption.
Last December 28, Lokayukta Justice (rtd) NK Mehrotra recommended that the CM remove Yadav and order a probe to prosecute him. He is also accused of having wealth disproportionate to his income, cornering gun licences and grabbing land at his village in Azamgarh.
Lokayukta began probing Yadav after three Azamgarh residents complained to the government November last. He tried to duck the probe claiming Lokayukta had no powers to investigate him. The Lokayukta rejected Yadav’s arguments and directed hom to file his defence.
MAYA’S SACK LIST
Of 12 ministers Maya has sacked for corruption, six have been after Lokayukta indictment
Kushwaha & Anant Mishra sacked after NRHM scam broke last April
Three ministers after names came up in criminal cases
11 axed for non-performance
Last December 28, Lokayukta Justice (rtd) NK Mehrotra recommended that the CM remove Yadav and order a probe to prosecute him. He is also accused of having wealth disproportionate to his income, cornering gun licences and grabbing land at his village in Azamgarh.
Lokayukta began probing Yadav after three Azamgarh residents complained to the government November last. He tried to duck the probe claiming Lokayukta had no powers to investigate him. The Lokayukta rejected Yadav’s arguments and directed hom to file his defence.
MAYA’S SACK LIST
Of 12 ministers Maya has sacked for corruption, six have been after Lokayukta indictment
Kushwaha & Anant Mishra sacked after NRHM scam broke last April
Three ministers after names came up in criminal cases
11 axed for non-performance
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