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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  FIR against Digvijaya Singh over appointments during Congress regime in MP
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FIR against Digvijaya Singh over appointments during Congress regime in MP

FIR also filed against former Madhya Pradesh assembly speaker Sriniwas Tiwari and 17 others

Digvijaya Singh had recently accused chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife of being involved in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Board Examination scam. Photo: HT (HT)Premium
Digvijaya Singh had recently accused chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife of being involved in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Board Examination scam. Photo: HT
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Bhopal: An FIR (first information report) was on Saturday filed against Congress general-secretary Digvijaya Singh, former speaker of the Madhya Pradesh (MP) assembly Sriniwas Tiwari and 17 others in connection with their appointment to the legislature secretariat during the Congress regime.

Deputy secretary of the state assembly Shyamlal Maithil filed the FIR at Jehangirabad police station in Bhopal. Principal secretary of the assembly Bhagwandev Israni said that initially it had named the 17 personnel but later the government added Singh’s and Tiwari’s names. The FIR was filed under Sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the recommendations of the justice (retired) Sachindra Dwivedi committee, which found these appointments as illegal and recommended dismissal of these 17 persons, a senior official said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by the current home minister Babulal Gaur, had set up the committee in 2004-05 to probe the appointments made during the Congress regime from 1993-2003 when Singh was the chief minister and Tiwari the speaker. Its report was submitted in 2006.

The state government then recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe but the central agency declined to take over, saying that state agencies were competent enough for the job. The 17 employees include former principal secretary of the Vidhan Sabha A.K. Payasi, who had joined as chief municipal officer and was later deputed to the assembly. He was then transferred to the assembly and went on to become the principal secretary. Incidentally, Saturday is Digvijay Singh’s birthday. Singh had recently accused chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife of being involved in the MP Professional Board Examination (MPPBE) scam.

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Published: 28 Feb 2015, 07:04 PM IST
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