01-05-2011, 09:18 PM
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Relative-quits-Congress-pressure-builds-on-ex-CJI/H1-Article1-646588.aspx"]Relative quits Congress, pressure builds on ex-CJI[/url]
He is still NHRC chairman. I can bet he will come up out with his Dalit card.
Quote:Following a series of expose by the Hindustan Times P V Sreenijan, former Chief Justice and [color="#FF0000"]NHRC chairman K G Balakrishanan[/color]'s son-in-law, has resigned from the primary membership of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC). HT had reported that Sreenijan's wealth grew at least 130 times in four years. A Congress candidate in 2006 assembly elections from Ernakulam district he had a meager bank balance (Rs 25,000) and owned no land but he went on to amass property worth crores of rupees in next four years.
The quick action against Sreenjian, who is yet to respond to serious charges, clearly shows that Congress is slowly distancing away from the controversial leader.
Sreenijan's wealth reportedly shot up from Rs 25,000 to Rs 7 crore in four years. Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan on Monday directed home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan to appoint a senior bureaucrat to start a vigilance probe the charges against Sreenijan, a Congress candidate in 2006 assembly elections from Ernakulam district.
Another son-in-law of Balakrishan, M J Benny, has allegedly been found to have amassed disproportionate assets.
HT has access to records at Maradu Panchayat on the outskirts of Kochi city, showing that Benny had purchased 96.5 cents of land (100 cents make an acre) between 2008 and 2010 for Rs 81.50 lakh, while the actual cost of the land was at least ten times higher.
He is still NHRC chairman. I can bet he will come up out with his Dalit card.