Kirori Lal Meena sitting on dharna against minister and officer, demanded registration of FIR

Jaipur: In two cases related to alleged corruption in the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Kirodi Lal Meena on Tuesday ( On June 20) along with a complainant sat on a dharna in front of the Ashok Nagar Police Station here. Meena on Monday (June 19) alleged irregularities in the tender related to Jal Jeevan Mission Yojana implemented by PHED.

Meena, who was sitting on a dharna outside the Ashok Nagar police station along with complainant TN Sharma, told the media, ‘We are on a dharna demanding registration of an FIR. The police have refused to register a complaint. There was no immediate response from the police on the issue. A complaint has alleged that tenders worth Rs 900 crore were issued to two firms on the basis of fake experience certificates in 48 projects of the Jal Jeevan Mission.

In one complaint, TN Sharma named two senior officials in the matter, while in another he named Rajasthan’s PHED minister Mahesh Joshi, among others. However, Mahesh Joshi rejected the allegations leveled against him and said that no minister has a role in the tender process.

What did PHED minister Mahesh Joshi say on the allegation?

On the allegation of alleged corruption, PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi said, ‘The allegations leveled against me are completely baseless. Making allegations has become a habit of Kirori Meena, if he has evidence, he should give it to the Chief Minister or anyone. He said, ‘The minister has no role in the tender process, so Meena’s allegations against me are baseless.’

Police is not ready to register FIR- Rajendra Rathod

During this, Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore also reached the police station and demanded registration of an FIR on the complaints. Rathod said, ‘I spoke to the police officials but the FIR is not being registered. Due to this, the real face of the government has come to the fore. He said, ‘On the one hand, the Chief Minister says that the government follows the policy of ‘zero tolerance’ against corruption and on the other, the police is not ready to register an FIR.

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