Slamming the suspension of a woman IAS officer, who had clamped down on illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Monday charged that the sand mafia is running governments in UP and Madhya Pradesh.
“Sand Mafia is operating not only under the present government in UP but even under the previous regime. This is the same sand mafia, which is working in Madhya Pradesh.
“The sand mafia is running governments in UP and MP,” Mr. Singh told reporters here.
SP is supporting the UPA government from outside.
“It is an administrative decision. She had ordered demolition of the wall at a place of worship,” Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had said on Twitter.
The Uttar Pradesh government’s action of suspending DURGA SHAKTI NAGPAL has invited the ire across the political spectrum.
The 2009-batch IAS officer, posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar, had clamped down on illegal mining and taken on powerful sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh. She was suspended barely 10 months after she got her first posting in the state.
Justifying the suspension of 28-year-old Ms. Nagpal, the government said in a statement that she was suspended for getting a wall at a disputed place of worship removed without following legal process.
source:Agencies
