My fight against corruption will go on: Nitish Kumar
Bihar CM has vowed to continue his fight against corruption and warned that more properties of corrupt officials would be seized under the state's anti-graft law.
By PTI |
PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has vowed to continue his fight against corruption and warned that more properties of corrupt officials would be seized under the state's anti-graft law.
Claiming credit for introducing a slew of path-breaking anti-corruption measures, Kumar wrote in his blog post recently, "It is a promise I fulfilled and my fight against corruption will go on."
He referred to the setting up of a primary school in the house of a senior government official facing a disproportionate assets case.
"We have opened a primary school. Last Thursday, we shifted a primary school for underprivileged children into this house in Patna, seized under the Bihar Special Courts Act which our government had enacted last year," he said.
The building, confiscated by the Patna district administration following a directive from a special court trying corruption cases, was handed over to Human Resources Department, which subsequently converted it into a primary school in no time.
The Act empowers the competent authority to confiscate movable and immovable property of a public servant even during the trial, the Chief Minister said, adding the government has set up six special courts for speedy trials in corruption cases.
"Such was a moment I had been patiently waiting for all these months to resume my blog writing. When it finally happened, I decided to share my thoughts with you," Kumar, who resumed his blog writing on September 13 after a hiatus, said.
"The opening of a school in this building is no ordinary event, to say the least. In fact, this has happened for the very first time in the country... it is being touted as a practicable measure to deal with incidences of corruption," he said.
Claiming credit for introducing a slew of path-breaking anti-corruption measures, Kumar wrote in his blog post recently, "It is a promise I fulfilled and my fight against corruption will go on."
He referred to the setting up of a primary school in the house of a senior government official facing a disproportionate assets case.
"We have opened a primary school. Last Thursday, we shifted a primary school for underprivileged children into this house in Patna, seized under the Bihar Special Courts Act which our government had enacted last year," he said.
The building, confiscated by the Patna district administration following a directive from a special court trying corruption cases, was handed over to Human Resources Department, which subsequently converted it into a primary school in no time.
The Act empowers the competent authority to confiscate movable and immovable property of a public servant even during the trial, the Chief Minister said, adding the government has set up six special courts for speedy trials in corruption cases.
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"Such was a moment I had been patiently waiting for all these months to resume my blog writing. When it finally happened, I decided to share my thoughts with you," Kumar, who resumed his blog writing on September 13 after a hiatus, said.
"The opening of a school in this building is no ordinary event, to say the least. In fact, this has happened for the very first time in the country... it is being touted as a practicable measure to deal with incidences of corruption," he said.
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