PWD Officials Get Minister’s Nod To Steal Little Money For Public Service

                                                                                                                               

In one of the rarest incidents, UP government’s PWD Minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav (also uncle of CM, Akhilesh Yadav) gave eccentric piece of advice to bureaucrat officials. He said they (officials) deserve a tiny share of entire public money as remuneration for their hard work to public service.

Mr. Shivpal was presiding at district program committee yesterday in Etah. He said he had discussed with PWD officials and told them to steal little money for their hard work to public service, though advising them not to behave like dacoits.

His comments ignited fire of criticisms from political arenas with politicians denouncing and demanding his resignation. BJP and leaders from other political parties accused Shivpal for “officially sanctioning” the corruption to bureaucrats.

Later, Shivpal accused media for eavesdropping his closed door meeting with PWD officials and then concocting his statement irrelevantly. He clarified his standpoint saying that he meant the eradication of corruption in the bureaucrats worsened by the erstwhile government.

On being insisted by reporters to say something about his controversial statements, upset Shivpal accused media for unnecessarily splitting the hair and targeting him.