INDIA FROM SONE KI CHIDIYA TO SCAMS
SINCE time immemorial, Indiraprastha that is Bharat now India was known for its heritage, civilization, and honesty that is why it was called as Sone Ki Chidiya but after Independence in 1947, it was known as Krishipradhan Desh. With the passage of time and colour and above all the political flavour turned that Bharat into Scam and scandal pradhan desh.
What sacrifices were given then rulers to maintain the position of Sone Ki Chidiya but due to change of regime from one hand to another in 1947 after getting Independence our country was known as Krishi pradhan Desh all over the globe but see the ill-fate of that Krishi pradhan Desh that to meet our required cereals we are using imported cereals. Anyway, it could be plead that the rise in population our farmers are unable to produce as much of cereals. The reason is that thousands of villages are converted into cities or the memorials of politicians.
Apart from other scams and scandals, that day is not far when an eye-opener scams over terrorism will come to light? Though at present we are ignoring the signals of this scam or say scandals in the name of secularism. For instance, take the example of Afzal’s hanging; secondly, time and again security personnels either from army or police are suspended or arrested on the charge of fake encounter(s) but none of the politician came forward to ask the hue and cry –makers that if the security has killed any innocent than you are the terrorists and who at whom behest is giving shelter because if the state public is serious in curbing the terrorism none can dare to terrorise the state until unless some political is there. Thirdly, what type of threats Farooq Abdullah & Co is giving for hanging Afzal, who attacked the Temple of Democracy, i.e., Parliament of India and to save the members of parliament how many security personnel lost their lives, as if they are cattle of a slaughter house.
If such trend continued for long than the meaning of the alphabets will change and the parents will have teach English alphabets to their children, not as A for Apple, B for Ball but like the following :-
A for Airbus scandal/ or Antulay Trust scam
Antulay Trust (1981): With the exposure of this scandal concerning A.R.Antulay, then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, The Indian Express was reborn. Antulay had garnered Rs 30 crore from businesses dependent on state resources like cement and kept the money in a private trust.
Airbus scandal (1990): Indian Airlines’ (IA) signing of the Rs 2,000 crore deals with Airbus instead of Boeing caused a furor following the crash of an A-320. New planes were grounded, causing IA a weekly loss of Ra 2.5 crore.
B for Bofors scandal (1987)/ or BHU Funds (1956)
A Swedish firm was accused of paying Rs 64 crore to Indian bigwigs, including Rajiv Gandhi, then the prime minister of India, to secure the purchase of the Bofors gun.
In one of the first instances of corruption in educational institutions, Benaras Hindu University officials were accused of misappropriation of funds worth Rs 50 lakh.
C for Cycle Imports (1951):
S.A. Venkataraman, then the secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was jailed for accepting a bribe in lieu of granting a cycle import quota to a company.
F for Fodder Scam (1996)
The Accountant General’s concerns about the withdrawal of excess funds by Bihar’s animal husbandry department unveiled a Rs 950 crore scam involving Lalu Prasad Yadav then Bihar Chief Minister. He resigned a year later.
H for HDW Commissions (1987)/ Hawala Diaries (1996)/ Home Trade Scam(2002):
HDW, the German submarine maker, was blacklisted after allegations that commissions worth Rs 20 crore had been paid. In 2005, the case was finally closed, in HDW favour.
The scandal surfaced following CBI raids on hawala operators in Delhi in 1991. But it was S.K.Jain’s diaries that had head rolling.
Under the pretext of gilt trading, Rs 600 crore was swindled from over 25 cooperative banks in Maharashtra and Gujarat by a Navi Mumbai-based brokerage firm Home Trade. Sanjay Agrawal CEO of the firm was arrested in May 2002.
I for Indian Bank Rip-off (1992)/In a Pickle(1996):
Aided by M.Gopalakrishnan, then the chairman of the Indian Bank, borrowers—mostly small corporate and exporters from the south—were lent a total of over Rs 1,300 crore, which they never paid back.
Pickle baron Lakhubhai Pathak raised a stink when he accused former Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao and godman Chandraswami of accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from him for securing a paper pulp contract.
J for Jeep Purchase (1948)/JMM Bribes(1995)
Free India’s corruption graph begins. V.K. Krishna Menon, then the Indian High Commissioner to Britain, by-passed protocol to sign a deal worth Rs 80 lakh with a foreign firm fro the purchase of army jeeps. The case was closed in 1955 and soon after Menon joined the Nehru cabinet.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shailendra Mahato testified that he and three party members received bribes of Rs 30 lakh to bail out the P.V.Narasimha Rao government in the 1993 no-confidence motion.
K for Kairon Scam(1963)/Kuo Oil Deal(1976):
Pratap Singh Kairon became the first Indian chief minister to be accused of abusing his power for his own benefit and that of his sons and relatives. He quit a year later.
The Indian Oil Corporation signed an Rs 2.2 crore oil contract with a non-existent firm in Hong Kong and a kickback was given. The Petroleum and Chemicals Minister was directed to make the purchase.
M for Mundhra Mess (1958)/Maruti Scandal(1974)/Match Fixing(2000):
The Life Insurance Corporation of India, under the Centre’s pressure, bought shares worth Rs 1.2 crore in firms owned by Haridas Mundhra to bail him out of a crunch. The case compelled T.T. Krishnamachari to resign as Finance Minister.
Well before the company was set up, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s name came up in the first Maruti scandal, where her son Sanjay Gandhi was favoured with a license to make passenger cars.
Mohammed Azhruddin, till then India’s cricket captain, was accused of match-fixing. He and Ajay Sharma were banned from playing, while Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar were suspended for five years.
O for Oil-for-food Scandal(2005):
K. Natwar Singh was unceremoniously dropped from the Cabinet when his name surfaced in the Volcker Report on the Iraq oil-for-food scam.
P for Patnaik’s Own Goal(1965):
Then Orissa Chief Minister Biju Patnaik was forced to resign after it was discovered that he had favoured his privately-held company Kalinga Tubes in awarding a government contract.
S for St. Kitts Forgery(1989)/Solanki Expose(1992)/Security Scam(1992)/Sugar Import(1994)/Stock market Scam(2001)/Stamp Paper Scam(2003):
V.P.Singh’s image was charged that he was a beneficiary of his son Ajay Singh’s account in the First Trust Corp. at St. Kitts with a deposit of $ 21 million.
At the World Economic Forum, Madhavsinh Solanki the External Affairs Minister slipped a letter to his Swiss counterpart asking their government to stop the probe into the Bofors kickbacks. Solanki resigned when news weekly broke the news.
Harshad Mehta manipulates banks to siphon off money and invested the funds in the stockmarket, leading to a crash. The loss: Rs 5,000 crore.
As Food Minister, Kalpnath Rai presided over the import of sugar at a price higher than that of the market, causing a loss of Rs 650 crore to the exchequer. He resigned following the allegations.
The mayhem that wiped off over Rs 1,15,000 crore in the markets in March 2001 was masterminded by the Pentafour bull Ketan Parekh. He was arrested in December 2002 and banned from accessing the capital market for 14 years.
The sheer magnitude of the racket was shocking—it caused a loss of Rs 30,000 crore to the exchequer. Disclosures of the mastermind behind it, Abdul Karim Telgi, implicated top police officers and bureaucrats.
T for Teja Loans(1960)/Telecom Scam(1996)/Tehelka Sting(2001):
Shipping magnate Jayant Dharma Teja took loans worth Rs 22 crore to establish the Jayanti Shipping Company. In 1960, the authorities discovered that he was actually siphoning off money to his own account, after which Teja fled the country.
Former minister of State for Communication, Sukh Ram was accused of causing a loss of Rs1.6 crore to the exchequer by favouring a Hyderabad-based private firm in the purchase of telecom equipment. He, alongwith two others, was convicted in 2002.
Tehelka, an online news portal, used spycams to catch army officers and politicians accepting bribes, in their sting operation called Operation Westend. Investigative journalism turned another corner in the country.
U for Urea Deal(1996):
C.S.Ramakrishnan, MD, National Fertiliser, and a group of businessmen close to the P.V.Narasimha Rao regime fleeced the government and took Rs 133 crore from the import of two lakh tonne of urea, which was never delivered.
More alphabets to come to make complete alphabets.
The most important to note in this context is that somehow so many politicians are involved in the scams even then they say we are public servants but the fact is that they are no more a public servant or representative but THE NUMBER ONE ENEMY OF THE NATION AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. They are bent upon to give a bad name to the nation.
SINCE time immemorial, Indiraprastha that is Bharat now India was known for its heritage, civilization, and honesty that is why it was called as Sone Ki Chidiya but after Independence in 1947, it was known as Krishipradhan Desh. With the passage of time and colour and above all the political flavour turned that Bharat into Scam and scandal pradhan desh.
What sacrifices were given then rulers to maintain the position of Sone Ki Chidiya but due to change of regime from one hand to another in 1947 after getting Independence our country was known as Krishi pradhan Desh all over the globe but see the ill-fate of that Krishi pradhan Desh that to meet our required cereals we are using imported cereals. Anyway, it could be plead that the rise in population our farmers are unable to produce as much of cereals. The reason is that thousands of villages are converted into cities or the memorials of politicians.
Apart from other scams and scandals, that day is not far when an eye-opener scams over terrorism will come to light? Though at present we are ignoring the signals of this scam or say scandals in the name of secularism. For instance, take the example of Afzal’s hanging; secondly, time and again security personnels either from army or police are suspended or arrested on the charge of fake encounter(s) but none of the politician came forward to ask the hue and cry –makers that if the security has killed any innocent than you are the terrorists and who at whom behest is giving shelter because if the state public is serious in curbing the terrorism none can dare to terrorise the state until unless some political is there. Thirdly, what type of threats Farooq Abdullah & Co is giving for hanging Afzal, who attacked the Temple of Democracy, i.e., Parliament of India and to save the members of parliament how many security personnel lost their lives, as if they are cattle of a slaughter house.
If such trend continued for long than the meaning of the alphabets will change and the parents will have teach English alphabets to their children, not as A for Apple, B for Ball but like the following :-
A for Airbus scandal/ or Antulay Trust scam
Antulay Trust (1981): With the exposure of this scandal concerning A.R.Antulay, then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, The Indian Express was reborn. Antulay had garnered Rs 30 crore from businesses dependent on state resources like cement and kept the money in a private trust.
Airbus scandal (1990): Indian Airlines’ (IA) signing of the Rs 2,000 crore deals with Airbus instead of Boeing caused a furor following the crash of an A-320. New planes were grounded, causing IA a weekly loss of Ra 2.5 crore.
B for Bofors scandal (1987)/ or BHU Funds (1956)
A Swedish firm was accused of paying Rs 64 crore to Indian bigwigs, including Rajiv Gandhi, then the prime minister of India, to secure the purchase of the Bofors gun.
In one of the first instances of corruption in educational institutions, Benaras Hindu University officials were accused of misappropriation of funds worth Rs 50 lakh.
C for Cycle Imports (1951):
S.A. Venkataraman, then the secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was jailed for accepting a bribe in lieu of granting a cycle import quota to a company.
F for Fodder Scam (1996)
The Accountant General’s concerns about the withdrawal of excess funds by Bihar’s animal husbandry department unveiled a Rs 950 crore scam involving Lalu Prasad Yadav then Bihar Chief Minister. He resigned a year later.
H for HDW Commissions (1987)/ Hawala Diaries (1996)/ Home Trade Scam(2002):
HDW, the German submarine maker, was blacklisted after allegations that commissions worth Rs 20 crore had been paid. In 2005, the case was finally closed, in HDW favour.
The scandal surfaced following CBI raids on hawala operators in Delhi in 1991. But it was S.K.Jain’s diaries that had head rolling.
Under the pretext of gilt trading, Rs 600 crore was swindled from over 25 cooperative banks in Maharashtra and Gujarat by a Navi Mumbai-based brokerage firm Home Trade. Sanjay Agrawal CEO of the firm was arrested in May 2002.
I for Indian Bank Rip-off (1992)/In a Pickle(1996):
Aided by M.Gopalakrishnan, then the chairman of the Indian Bank, borrowers—mostly small corporate and exporters from the south—were lent a total of over Rs 1,300 crore, which they never paid back.
Pickle baron Lakhubhai Pathak raised a stink when he accused former Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao and godman Chandraswami of accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from him for securing a paper pulp contract.
J for Jeep Purchase (1948)/JMM Bribes(1995)
Free India’s corruption graph begins. V.K. Krishna Menon, then the Indian High Commissioner to Britain, by-passed protocol to sign a deal worth Rs 80 lakh with a foreign firm fro the purchase of army jeeps. The case was closed in 1955 and soon after Menon joined the Nehru cabinet.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shailendra Mahato testified that he and three party members received bribes of Rs 30 lakh to bail out the P.V.Narasimha Rao government in the 1993 no-confidence motion.
K for Kairon Scam(1963)/Kuo Oil Deal(1976):
Pratap Singh Kairon became the first Indian chief minister to be accused of abusing his power for his own benefit and that of his sons and relatives. He quit a year later.
The Indian Oil Corporation signed an Rs 2.2 crore oil contract with a non-existent firm in Hong Kong and a kickback was given. The Petroleum and Chemicals Minister was directed to make the purchase.
M for Mundhra Mess (1958)/Maruti Scandal(1974)/Match Fixing(2000):
The Life Insurance Corporation of India, under the Centre’s pressure, bought shares worth Rs 1.2 crore in firms owned by Haridas Mundhra to bail him out of a crunch. The case compelled T.T. Krishnamachari to resign as Finance Minister.
Well before the company was set up, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s name came up in the first Maruti scandal, where her son Sanjay Gandhi was favoured with a license to make passenger cars.
Mohammed Azhruddin, till then India’s cricket captain, was accused of match-fixing. He and Ajay Sharma were banned from playing, while Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar were suspended for five years.
O for Oil-for-food Scandal(2005):
K. Natwar Singh was unceremoniously dropped from the Cabinet when his name surfaced in the Volcker Report on the Iraq oil-for-food scam.
P for Patnaik’s Own Goal(1965):
Then Orissa Chief Minister Biju Patnaik was forced to resign after it was discovered that he had favoured his privately-held company Kalinga Tubes in awarding a government contract.
S for St. Kitts Forgery(1989)/Solanki Expose(1992)/Security Scam(1992)/Sugar Import(1994)/Stock market Scam(2001)/Stamp Paper Scam(2003):
V.P.Singh’s image was charged that he was a beneficiary of his son Ajay Singh’s account in the First Trust Corp. at St. Kitts with a deposit of $ 21 million.
At the World Economic Forum, Madhavsinh Solanki the External Affairs Minister slipped a letter to his Swiss counterpart asking their government to stop the probe into the Bofors kickbacks. Solanki resigned when news weekly broke the news.
Harshad Mehta manipulates banks to siphon off money and invested the funds in the stockmarket, leading to a crash. The loss: Rs 5,000 crore.
As Food Minister, Kalpnath Rai presided over the import of sugar at a price higher than that of the market, causing a loss of Rs 650 crore to the exchequer. He resigned following the allegations.
The mayhem that wiped off over Rs 1,15,000 crore in the markets in March 2001 was masterminded by the Pentafour bull Ketan Parekh. He was arrested in December 2002 and banned from accessing the capital market for 14 years.
The sheer magnitude of the racket was shocking—it caused a loss of Rs 30,000 crore to the exchequer. Disclosures of the mastermind behind it, Abdul Karim Telgi, implicated top police officers and bureaucrats.
T for Teja Loans(1960)/Telecom Scam(1996)/Tehelka Sting(2001):
Shipping magnate Jayant Dharma Teja took loans worth Rs 22 crore to establish the Jayanti Shipping Company. In 1960, the authorities discovered that he was actually siphoning off money to his own account, after which Teja fled the country.
Former minister of State for Communication, Sukh Ram was accused of causing a loss of Rs1.6 crore to the exchequer by favouring a Hyderabad-based private firm in the purchase of telecom equipment. He, alongwith two others, was convicted in 2002.
Tehelka, an online news portal, used spycams to catch army officers and politicians accepting bribes, in their sting operation called Operation Westend. Investigative journalism turned another corner in the country.
U for Urea Deal(1996):
C.S.Ramakrishnan, MD, National Fertiliser, and a group of businessmen close to the P.V.Narasimha Rao regime fleeced the government and took Rs 133 crore from the import of two lakh tonne of urea, which was never delivered.
More alphabets to come to make complete alphabets.
The most important to note in this context is that somehow so many politicians are involved in the scams even then they say we are public servants but the fact is that they are no more a public servant or representative but THE NUMBER ONE ENEMY OF THE NATION AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. They are bent upon to give a bad name to the nation.
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