Urban Mirror

Urban Mirror Correspondent

New Delhi, June 28: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court allowing the investigation into charges of corruption against joint director enforcement directorate (ED) Rajeshwar Singh. The LGP said the issue was pending for quite sometime with some vested interest trying to protect Singh in the apex court.

The spokesman of the party said on Thursday that a fair investigation against Singh was required as serious corruption  charges have been level led by petitioner in the apex court . The spokesman wondered why the concerned officer is so scared of facing the probe when he has done nothing wrong and why after SC ordered probe he is running away from the scene by applying for one year leave. This shows he has lot to hide and is dead scared of facing an independent probe. The spokesman said that almost every officer during his life time have faced probe of one type or other but no body runs away from probe like he has done . The spokesperson said that an independent inquiry against Singh would hopefully unearth whole issue and the truth about the corrupt ways of the officer which are in public domain are finally going to catch up with him . Pointing out that it was intriguing why the officer and the ED were opposing the investigation, the spokesman said the apex court has allowed probe against him only after the central government has provided some sensitive information connected with the security of the nation.

The spokesman said those defending him should come out as how they were privy to that information and what was the real motive of defending the officer in the court. The spokesman said the way ED had crossed swords with other departments in defending the officer raised needle of suspicion in the eyes of the people and it is necessary that dust should be cleared in the larger interest of honesty, transparency and good governance. The spokesman said objection that probe against Singh was a conspiracy against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s drive against corruption appears to be false  and baseless.and these elements it seems are only trying to mislead people about the way things are in these premier investigating agencies.

The spokesman said the LGP always stood for honesty and transparency in government functioning and has been working for complete elimination of corruption in the system. The spokesman said the ED, which has been in the eye of storm over various issues, should also rise above board because of the sensitivity of its job. The apex court has pointed out that charges against Singh are “serious and required to be looked into”.  The spokesman said nobody can be given blanket clean chit as people working in the system are accountable.