UP Minister’s Uncle allows PWD officials to steal Money from Government

Uttar Pradesh Government is on its way to legalise, theft, bribery and crime. Public Works Department Minister and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s uncle Shivpal Yadav recently told PWD officials that If they work hard, they can steal a little.

“I told PWD officials that if you work hard, you can steal a little but not behave like dacoits.If you work hard, if you give them water then you can steal” Yadav is reported to have said officials at a meeting yesterday.

However, Yadav sought to do a U-turn today clarifying he had not propagated corruption.

“A debate was going on (at the meeting) on cheating and corruption. The previous government was involved in dacoity. I was telling officials how to stop stealing public money and dacoity. We cannot tolerate corruption. 100 percent there should be no compromise on corruption,” Yadav told a press conference, adding media did not present his full statement.

He said it was a closed door meeting with PWD officials in which the media had “sneaked in” and “quoted him out of context”. “What has been reported in the press is out of context. I had stated that the erstwhile government had indulged in largescale corruption, cheating and stealing which, I said, should be stopped hundred percent,” the Minister said,

Shivpal said, “I have taken back those words. So, why are you raking it up. I have always cooperated with the press. I don’t know why the media is targeting me”.

It may be noted that Yadav was at the centre of controversy a few months ago when he recommended that people kill and eat the Nilgais as they tasted great while responding to widespread calls for saving cows from slaughter.

Meanwhile, Siddiqui, a Rajya Sabha MP, said that Shivpal Yadav’s statement is not at all surprising.

Siddiqui said, “In the past, he has said that incidents like Nithari do happen, what was so great about it. He has been making all kinds of controversial and foolish statements. Now, by making this statement that you may rob, but you may not be a dacoit. Telling the officers that ‘chori karo par daaka mat dalo’, saying this is like giving a license to all the officials that do whatever you want, loot the state.”