The Uttarakhand government has decided to reopen the Pandora’s Box of 56 alleged scandals during the previous Congress regime by reviving a commission of inquiry.
The government would shortly issue a notification to appoint justice Shambhu Nath Shirivastva, a retired high court judge, to probe the scandals which were earlier being probed by late justice R A Sharma, who died few months ago.
After the death of Sharma, doubts were being raised whether the government would go ahead with the sensitive probe which is being dubbed as politically motivated by Congress.
The justice Sharma commission had already probed four such scandals. Justice Shirivastva would now have to probe only 52 scandals since four had already been probed by the late judge.
Last year, the Sharma commission had submitted to the Chief Minister four reports on the scandal related to leasing out of horticulture gardens. The government had leased out 77 horticulture gardens to various NGOs, individuals, private players and companies virtually free of cost, which eventually led to huge losses to the state exchequer.
The sources said the commission would probe the scandals on priority basis taking up the most serious ones first.
BJP has now asked the Chief Minister to take stern action against all those people, who were responsible for the leasing out the gardens. "We want a strong action," said Bishan Singh Chufal state BJP President here.
Congress, on the other hand, has described the new appointment as political stunt and dared the government to take action.
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