The 29 persons named in the chargesheet submitted by the Haryana Anti-corruption Bureau before a Hisar court a few days ago include some of the then HPSC functionaries besides a few selected candidates, alleged to be close to the then ruling INLD leaders, reports Rajesh Moudgil
The charge sheet submitted by the ACB (earlier called state vigilance bureau of SVB) against 29 persons a few days ago before a Hisar court, has pointed out major irregularities in the selection of Haryana civil services (HCS) examination held during 2001 Om Prakash Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) rule.
These 29 persons include the then HPSC chairman K C Bangar, its members, eight serving HCS officers, a retired HCS officer, a former HPSC secretary, four allied services officers and the then HPSC examiners. Most of the 13 HCS (executive branch) and allied services officers indicted in the ACB chargesheet were closely related to those who were at the helm of affairs of the then INLD regime.
While Bangar is currently a senior leader in the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), the alliance partner of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition government, one of the senior HCS officer also indicted in the chargesheet – Kamlesh Kumar Bhadu – is currently serving as officer on special duty (OSD) to the JJP leader and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala.
Among the 13 officers named in the chargesheet are Kuldhir Singh, Vatsal Vashisth, Ranjit Kaur, Kamlesh Kumar Bhadu, Sarita Malik, Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Poonam Nara, Dilbag Singh, Veena Hooda, Jag Niwas, Surender Kumar and Jagdeep who face charges under prevention of corruption Act.
Notably, while Kuldhir Singh is son of former INLD state president Sher Singh Badshami, Kamlesh Kumar Bhadu is closely related to Chautala family, Sarita Malik is daughter of former DGP, Haryana, M S Malik, Ashok Kumar is son of former INLD MLA B S Rawat, Jagdeep is closely related to the then HPSC chairman Bangar while Ranjit Kaur is sister of the then IAS officer Harbaksh Singh, who was close to the then chief minister Om Prakash Chautala.
It may be recalled that the former CM Chautala is currently leading the INLD and the former five-time chief minister Chautala Sr and his elder son Ajay were among over 50 people who were sentenced to 10-year jail in the JBT recruitment scam on January 16, 2013.
However, the INLD, which had remained a major political party of Haryana with its huge base in rural Haryana in the past, had suffered a crippling split and which subsequently led to the formation of the breakaway Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) in December 2018 when Chautala Sr expelled his grandsons, Dushyant, the then INLD MP from Hisar, and his younger brother, Digvijay, for anti-party activities, on November 2, 2018.
