Elections have consequences. Sometimes, even for those who treat the country as their own private backyard.
It appears that when Mr Laloo Yadav was Railways Minister, there was some land allotted to two of his relatives. Afterwards, the land was acquired back by the government for construction of a railway station.
When any land is acquired by the government, the person who owns the land is supposed to receive a fair compensation in lieu of the attached property.
So basically, the government gave away the land. After a few months it realized that it was a dumb thing to do and it actually needs the land. So it did the brilliant thing and BOUGHT back the land. Of course, an alternate route was a strict no-no.
I'm sure Mr Yadav being the railways minister had nothing to do with this "transaction" at all. I'm sure that it is simply a coincidence. I'm sure that there was no conflict of interest at all.
It can happen to anybody, can't it? I mean don't you remember when you were young you gave away all your toys to a younger cousin of yours and then you realized that you might have also hidden your porn stash in there and so you run to his house to get it back but you find that the little asshole has already discovered it and now you need to pay him off so that he would stay mum about your errr, exotic interests?
Since a new station wagon now runs the Railways Ministry, the new District land acquisition officer has not only cancelled the allotment, but has also asked the relatives of Mr Yadav to return the money.
How do you think it makes Mr Yadav feel? Till a few months ago he had a cabinet berth, a ministry a lot of people crave for and he was regaling students from Ivy league schools with anecdotes about his pet cow(s). And now, no one voted for him, no one wants to give him a ministry anymore and they are even taking back taxpayer's money from his relatives which they will now probably spend to build some railway track in godforsaken West Bengal.
As they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall!
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2 comments:
Had not heard this. Love the cousin reference. And they say blood is thicker than water!!
Do ya think now Ms Banerjee might ask the farmers she wants to buy back the Singur land not for Nano but for Railo?
Yeah, I kind of stumbled upon it online. Actually Ms Banerjee has to now aquire land for a Railway project in Singur. Let's see what happens.
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