Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday sacked Rural Development Minister Ratan Lal Ahirwar, after the Lokayukta report named him for alleged misuse of funds.
Mayawati has already sacked four tainted ministers – Rajesh Tripathi, Awadhpal Singh, Badshah Singh and Rangnath Mishra – on the recommendation of the Lokayukta, in an apparent clean-up exercise ahead of the assembly polls due in 2012.
The Lokayukta, in his report sent to the Chief Minister on November 28, recommended removal of Ahirwar after indicting him on charges of misusing his local area development fund and encroaching on village land.
Meanwhile, just days after recommending sacking of the fifth member (Ahirwar) of her ministry, the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta has launched an inquiry against yet another minister in Mayawati government for alleged misuse of office.
Lokayukta Justice NK Mehrotra said that a case has been registered against Minister of State for Sports Ayodhya Prasad Pal after preliminary inquiry and he has been asked to submit his reply within 15 days.
The complaint against Pal has been lodged by Dhirendra Pratap Singh, who has accused him of having assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, occupying and illegal construction on government land, misuse of local area development fund and getting land of trust and temple registered in his name.
(With additional information from PTI)
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