Doing a Kejriwal? UP CM says has video of babu taking bribe

LUCKNOW: IAS officers gathered at the Tilak Hall on Friday were shocked when chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, address ing IAS Week Celebrations, said he had a video in which in a senior bureaucrat is seen taking a bribe. “Do you want me to play a video clip stored in my WhatsApp which shows how one officer is accepting bribe unabashedly ,“ he said, adding, “I have shown this clip to the chief secretary .“

Akhilesh further added, “If I put my WhatsApp in public domain, I would get more such video clips,“ adding that officers should work in a transparent way .

He, however, praised In dustrial and Expressway Development Authority CEO Navneet Sehgal and principal secretary, social welfare, Sunil Kumar for acquiring land for the 302 km Agra-Lucknow expressway without any hassles.

On his state's pet scheme, the Samajwadi Pension Yojana, Akhilesh said, “It was the largest social welfare scheme in any state in the country.More than 40 lakh people were covered under this scheme and they benefitted immensely from it.“