01-06-2006, 02:14 AM
Fernandes urges Prez to order CBI probe in IGNCA 'corruption'
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The NDA convener also pointed out that "there are credible reports that Ms Vatsayayan has favoured her family members with crores of rupees through publications and projects."
To drive his point home, Mr Fernandes has also cited the CAG reports on the IGNCA (during Kapila Vatsayayan's earlier tenure) which pointed to ``high-level fund irregularities and foreign exchange violations.''
<b>Terming the la'affaire IGNCA "as a long saga of corruption, irregularities and nepotism," the NDA leader said "the art and culture is far away from the agenda of the INGCA under the stewardship of Ms Vatsayayan and Sonia Gandhi.''</b>
The letter to the President pointed out that "there is a perpetual attempt to convert this public trust into a private institution to get hold of 25 acres of prime land in Delhi worth Rs 5,000 crore, with another 10 acres of plot in Bangalore." The JD (U) leader also alleged that "the idea is to simply grab the public property."
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The NDA convener also pointed out that "there are credible reports that Ms Vatsayayan has favoured her family members with crores of rupees through publications and projects."
To drive his point home, Mr Fernandes has also cited the CAG reports on the IGNCA (during Kapila Vatsayayan's earlier tenure) which pointed to ``high-level fund irregularities and foreign exchange violations.''
<b>Terming the la'affaire IGNCA "as a long saga of corruption, irregularities and nepotism," the NDA leader said "the art and culture is far away from the agenda of the INGCA under the stewardship of Ms Vatsayayan and Sonia Gandhi.''</b>
The letter to the President pointed out that "there is a perpetual attempt to convert this public trust into a private institution to get hold of 25 acres of prime land in Delhi worth Rs 5,000 crore, with another 10 acres of plot in Bangalore." The JD (U) leader also alleged that "the idea is to simply grab the public property."
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