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Statistical ‘error' in Pranab's way?
Mr.Subramanian Swamy would be laughing...............ISI is his home turf . Will he make another Mahalonobis out of Pranab ??
Statistical ‘error' in Pranab's way?
- Tuesday, 03 July 2012 00:11
- PNS | New Delhi
Opposition-backed Presidential candidate PA Sangma on Monday dragged his UPA rival Pranab Mukherjee into an office of profit row, questioning his competence to contest the election to the highest office.
The scrutiny of nomination papers, which was scheduled for Monday, had to be postponed by a day after Sangma wrote to Rajya Sabha Secretary General VK Agnihotri, returning officer for the Presidential election, that Mukherjee still held the office of the Chairman of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
Sangma’s lawyer Satpal Jain, a former BJP MP, said, “Mukherjee’s papers should be cancelled at the scrutiny stage as he holds an office of profit. He cannot contest the Presidential election under the Office of Profit rules.”
However, the ISI said that Pranab resigned as Chairman of its council on June 20, much before filing his nomination as the Presidential candidate, though his name was still on its website.
“Pranab babu has already submitted his resignation as ISI council Chairman on June 20. But by mistake, Mukherjee’s name continues to be on the ISI official website. It still consists of names of several veterans of ISI,” an ISI official said. In the evening, Pranab’s name was removed from the ISI website.
Stating that the ISI council Chairman’s post was not an office of profit, the official said, “Pranab babu’s post of Chairman was literally an honorary post. He never received any honorarium and there was no reimbursement on his travel expenses.”
The RS secretariat has asked Pranab to respond to the charge latest by 3 pm on Tuesday. Pranab has been asked to give a copy of it to Sangma an hour earlier so that the Opposition candidate could respond to the clarification.
Those privy to Sangma’s complaint claim the former Speaker has pointed out that even if Pranab resigned on June 20, his resignation had to be accepted and a notification had to be issued in this regard. “This was not done. Without a notification, his resignation means nothing,” they claimed.
BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “What the Congress is saying is factually not correct. We will await a proper reply from the representatives of Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. This is the issue of the top office of country.”
The Opposition party has warned the Congress against any foulplay and requested the Election Commission to seize the relevant documents from the ISI to prevent any manipulation.
“Congress has a poor track record in such matters. We’d also appeal to the concerned officials to maintain transparency and uphold constitutional propriety,” Prasad said.
Following Sangma’s complaint, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy demanded Mukherjee withdraw from the Presidential contest. “Mukherjee should withdraw from the contest because a cloud of suspicion is now hovering over his head. It is better therefore that Mukherjee withdraws from the contest,” he said
Meanwhile, the Congress and the Government strongly rejected Sangma’s allegations and continued to claim that Pranab had resigned as the Chairman of the ISI on June 20.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal termed the allegations against Pranab as “factually incorrect and legally ill-conceived and untenable.”
Bansal said that he along with Home Minister P Chidambaram met Mukherjee after Sangma’s claim and they were told by him of his resignation well in advance of filing the nomination. “Pranab Mukherjee would be filing a written reply to the Returning Officer by 3 pm tomorrow,” he said.
Congress General Secretary BK Hariprasad lashed out at Sangma for making such comments against Pranab for cheap publicity. He also said that Chairman of the ISI is not an office of profit.
ISI has also come to the defence of Pranab. An official of ISI said in Kolkata, “Pranab babu has already submitted his resignation as ISI council Chairman on June 20.
But by mistake, Mukherjee’s name continues to be on the ISI website. It still consists of names of several veterans of ISI.”
Pranab came in for attack from Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as well. The Chief Minister questioned whether hefty funds doled out to certain states by Pranab
Mukherjee, when he was Finance Minister, was to influence the Samajwadi Party, JD(U) and the Trinamool Congress.
“Pranab Mukherjee as the Finance Minister had doled out huge sums of money amounting to lakhs of crores to Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh,” Patnaik said in Bhubaneswar.
“Could it be that this money is going because he wanted certain parties like Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal(U) and Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee to support his candidature as the Rashtrapati of India?” Patnaik, the BJD president, questioned.
The Chief Minister, who had accompanied Sangma for filing of nomination in Delhi said, the people had the right to know why hefty financial packages were provided to these States. While Bihar was to get Rs 20,000 crore during the 12th plan period from 2012 to 2017, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has gone public saying that his government was expecting a package of Rs 90,000 crore.
The scrutiny of nomination papers, which was scheduled for Monday, had to be postponed by a day after Sangma wrote to Rajya Sabha Secretary General VK Agnihotri, returning officer for the Presidential election, that Mukherjee still held the office of the Chairman of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
Sangma’s lawyer Satpal Jain, a former BJP MP, said, “Mukherjee’s papers should be cancelled at the scrutiny stage as he holds an office of profit. He cannot contest the Presidential election under the Office of Profit rules.”
However, the ISI said that Pranab resigned as Chairman of its council on June 20, much before filing his nomination as the Presidential candidate, though his name was still on its website.
“Pranab babu has already submitted his resignation as ISI council Chairman on June 20. But by mistake, Mukherjee’s name continues to be on the ISI official website. It still consists of names of several veterans of ISI,” an ISI official said. In the evening, Pranab’s name was removed from the ISI website.
Stating that the ISI council Chairman’s post was not an office of profit, the official said, “Pranab babu’s post of Chairman was literally an honorary post. He never received any honorarium and there was no reimbursement on his travel expenses.”
The RS secretariat has asked Pranab to respond to the charge latest by 3 pm on Tuesday. Pranab has been asked to give a copy of it to Sangma an hour earlier so that the Opposition candidate could respond to the clarification.
Those privy to Sangma’s complaint claim the former Speaker has pointed out that even if Pranab resigned on June 20, his resignation had to be accepted and a notification had to be issued in this regard. “This was not done. Without a notification, his resignation means nothing,” they claimed.
BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “What the Congress is saying is factually not correct. We will await a proper reply from the representatives of Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. This is the issue of the top office of country.”
The Opposition party has warned the Congress against any foulplay and requested the Election Commission to seize the relevant documents from the ISI to prevent any manipulation.
“Congress has a poor track record in such matters. We’d also appeal to the concerned officials to maintain transparency and uphold constitutional propriety,” Prasad said.
Following Sangma’s complaint, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy demanded Mukherjee withdraw from the Presidential contest. “Mukherjee should withdraw from the contest because a cloud of suspicion is now hovering over his head. It is better therefore that Mukherjee withdraws from the contest,” he said
Meanwhile, the Congress and the Government strongly rejected Sangma’s allegations and continued to claim that Pranab had resigned as the Chairman of the ISI on June 20.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal termed the allegations against Pranab as “factually incorrect and legally ill-conceived and untenable.”
Bansal said that he along with Home Minister P Chidambaram met Mukherjee after Sangma’s claim and they were told by him of his resignation well in advance of filing the nomination. “Pranab Mukherjee would be filing a written reply to the Returning Officer by 3 pm tomorrow,” he said.
Congress General Secretary BK Hariprasad lashed out at Sangma for making such comments against Pranab for cheap publicity. He also said that Chairman of the ISI is not an office of profit.
ISI has also come to the defence of Pranab. An official of ISI said in Kolkata, “Pranab babu has already submitted his resignation as ISI council Chairman on June 20.
But by mistake, Mukherjee’s name continues to be on the ISI website. It still consists of names of several veterans of ISI.”
Pranab came in for attack from Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as well. The Chief Minister questioned whether hefty funds doled out to certain states by Pranab
Mukherjee, when he was Finance Minister, was to influence the Samajwadi Party, JD(U) and the Trinamool Congress.
“Pranab Mukherjee as the Finance Minister had doled out huge sums of money amounting to lakhs of crores to Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh,” Patnaik said in Bhubaneswar.
“Could it be that this money is going because he wanted certain parties like Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal(U) and Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee to support his candidature as the Rashtrapati of India?” Patnaik, the BJD president, questioned.
The Chief Minister, who had accompanied Sangma for filing of nomination in Delhi said, the people had the right to know why hefty financial packages were provided to these States. While Bihar was to get Rs 20,000 crore during the 12th plan period from 2012 to 2017, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has gone public saying that his government was expecting a package of Rs 90,000 crore.
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