Is Bihar the Shining Example?

Out goes a corrupt official, in comes a school

Let Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi take a leaf out of the Nitish Kumar book

Patna, Dec 11: The Bihar Government is making good its promise to confiscate the property of corrupt officials and turn them into primary schools.

That is what has happened at the home of former Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) Raghuvansh Kunwar at Chaira village in Samastipur district. The government has already begun the process of setting up a primary school there.

“Yes, we have directed the officials concerned to open a school in Raghuvansh Kunwar’s house. One of his properties is being confiscated after a special court order for property confiscation,” Human Resource Development Minister PK Sahi told IANS. The court directed the State Government on Friday that the confiscation order should be complied with within a month.

According to an official source in the State vigilance department, the court’s order comes after four months of speedy trial of the case.

The official said Raghuvansh Kunwar’s properties include two plots and a four storey building at Kankarbagh locality in Patna, a house in Chaira, a jeep, Rs 1.94 lakh cash and investments of Rs 8 lakh. “He owns property worth Rs 80 lakh,” the official said.

Raghuvansh Kunwar was allegedly caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 when he was MVI of Aurangabad district on September 24 ,2008. In the course of investigation, vigilance officials found huge unaccounted-for wealth. A case of disproportionate assets was subsequently lodged against him in 2009.

Raghuvansh Kunwar is not alone as hearings of disproportionate assets cases are under way against 12 government officials of the State. An official said all the cases were likely to be disposed of within the next six months.

Nitish Kumar declared a war against corruption after he became Chief Minister for the second consecutive term last month.

Six special courts – two each in Patna, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur – had been constituted by the State Government with the permission of the Patna High Court for speedy trial of cases involving a sum of over Rs 25 crore. IANS

The above is from the Sentinel in Assam, a paper which is waging a battle against corruption in public life.
It is asking the government to follow the footsteps of Bihar.
What a change?
Earlier, people would ask people not to be like Bihar and now people a using Bihar as an example to emulate.
Maharashtra, once a shining state in India, has fallen behind Bihar in providing health care and looking after its population.
I would request the imbecile Raj Thackeray to take note.
Just as Punjab is missing the cheap farm workers from Bihar, a day will come when Maharashtra will also miss these people since they will not have to go outside their states for jobs.
Who knows?
Raj Thackeray's grandson may have to go to Bihar, looking for job