2013 Rail-gate, Scam
We do not listen about Railways scam in 2022 but we should refer to these scams to understand the scam prevalent ecosystem. The Indian Railway
Minister at that time was Pawan Kumar Bansal. His nephew, Vijay Singla was
arrested. This arrest took place in Chandigarh. The date when this happened was
3rd May, 2013. If you are wondering who had the power to arrest
someone so powerful in a country like this where status and power have been
able to buy law and justice, the answer is that it was none other than the CBI.
CBI stands for Central Bureau of Investigation. If reports and findings are to
be trusted, then it was discovered that Vijay Singla had accepted a bribe of
nothing less than INR 9 million.
The one who paid this whopping sum of money as
bribe was Narayana Rao
Manjunath. He had made this payment on behalf of Mahesh Kumar. Mahesh Kumar was
a member of the Indian Railway Board. The motive behind this hefty bribe was
that Mahesh Kumar wished to be able to enjoy the privileges of a higher ranking
position on the Railway Board. Though there were other officials in line before
him, he wished to make his way ahead of them and the best way that he could
think of, in order to achieve his dreams and aspirations, was to pay bribe to
those in power.
People involved in the 2013 Rail-gate scam:
·
Vijay Singla
·
Mahesh Kumar
·
Sandeep Goyal (Singla's
Friend)
·
Narayana Rao
Manjunath
·
Rahul Yadav: Associate
of Manjunath
·
Samir Sandhir
·
Sushil Daga
·
Murali
·
Venugopal
After effects of the 2013 Rail-gate scam:
It goes without saying
that the nation was taken aback. Also, the parties in the government other than
the ruling parties had got a golden opportunity to create havoc and bring down
the leaders. The same happened in case of the 2013 Rail-gate scam. There was an
immediate demand for the resignation of railway
minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. In fact, this demand came from a number of
sources. As fate would have it, a long meeting went on with the Prime Minister
at his house. On 10th May, 2013, Pawan Kumar Bansal gave in his
resignation letter due to the pressure that had been built on him. It was
however because of his actions. This was also the day when Ashwani Kumar, the
then minister of law and order had to give in his resignation too because of
accusations that he had viewed CBI’s report on the Coal Scam, even after the
Supreme Court had prohibited it.
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Now,
you must be wondering that why was the minister sacked and had to bear the
brunt of the situation when actually his nephew was the one who had been playing
wrong. The answer to your query is that Singla
had a number of business means. These included real estate, cement, packaging,
infrastructure and steel manufacturing. He had initially been able to establish
his name due to his relation with the minister, who was his uncle. In fact,
even when his uncle was elected in 1991, his business seemed to experience good
days and started flourishing.
See also:
Ponzi Scam
Ponzi Scam
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