The fight against corruption in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is going on with full force. Day in and day out we read in newspapers about senior officials being arrested for committing acts of corruption. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has launched a crusade against corruption and no one, literally no one, is being spared. It does not matter what your portfolio, designation, rank, and file is. If you commit an act of corruption, you will be behind the bars. As simple as that.
With the arrest of a former cabinet minister who has also been a member of parliament, LG Manoj Sinha is giving clear signals that he is not going to spare any corrupt person irrespective of the dateline of the committed act. It takes a lot of courage and determination to arrest a person who has remained on a key cabinet post for many years. The point to be noted is that the same person was also accused of mistreating a female employee many years ago but the said leader used his influence and clout and the matter was brushed under the carpet. Like a fresh breeze hitting the countenance of a diseased person these arrests have heralded a new era of corruption-free Jammu and Kashmir. It also goes to show that when it comes to corruption there is zero tolerance. It takes a lot of courage, commitment, and executive willingness to arrest a person of the rank. Even some time back we heard the news that the deputy superintendent of police and an SSP rank police officer were arrested too.
It is after a long time we are witnessing that government employees are marking their attendance on time and do not leave government offices before the stipulated time. Every applicant, every petitioner, and every aggrieved person is being heard and actionable insights are provided to him/her. The days when government employees would dilly-dally for simple procedural work are over. Now is the era of good governance.
We are hopeful that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will uproot corruption in its entirety from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It takes a person with incorruptible uprightness like Maha Mahim Ji who has the potential to weed out corruption from Kashmir valley as well as Jammu region.
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