Referring to the the recommendation of a two-member central government panel for a CBI probe into the "harassment" suffered by the 2002 batch Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi at the hands of "powerful vested interests" in the state, Bardhan citing media reports alleged that Ramesh "is dithering on CBI probe into the matter."
"I have come to know from the media reports that Jairam Ramesh is dithering on CBI probe into the matter, inspite of clear refusal of the Haryana Government to probe the case, which has even questioned the intent of the Union Government into the matter, as per the reports," the party General Secretary said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dated April 18.
Bardhan, who earlier wrote to Prime Minister on the same issue in February this year, also pointed out the reports that some senior bureaucrats of the Environment Ministry are involved in whittling down the demand for a CBI enquiry.
The Communist leader observed that the case has become very prominent one, in view of the extensive media coverage and any action taken into this case would have a far reaching implications on the morale of honest bureaucrats.Read the full report here.
Source: MSN India, New Delhi.
