LUCKNOW: Akhilesh Yadav, the youngest chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has now also become the fourth sitting chief minister of the state to face CBI inquiry. The other three include his father and Samajwadi Party(SP) president, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) supremo, Mayawati, and former Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) leader Kalyan Singh.
While Kalyan has been booked for `communal politics', Mulayam is facing probe for assets disproportionate to known sources of income. Mayawati faced the CBI inquiry on charges of corruption and disproportionate assets(DA). After Supreme Court's order on Thursday directing the CBI to go ahead with the probe against Mulayam and his two sons in connection with DA case, Akhilesh will also face the heat of the CBI investigation.
However, what makes Akhilesh's case different from the other three is that he would be facing inquiry for the alleged misuse of `public office' by his father for amassing wealth more than the known sources of earning in the last three decades.
Akhilesh is holding public office(member of parliament) since 2000 before he took over as chief minister in March 15, earlier this year, after SP won the assembly elections. The father-son duo are co-accused in the case.
The CBI inquiry was ordered against several BJP leaders including Kalyan after demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, by a communal frenzy mob. Kalyan was the chief minister of UP then. He has been charge-sheeted by the CBI for not discharging constitutional duty to protect the Babri mosque and is facing trial. Kalyan's government was sacked after mosque demolition but he became chief minister again in 1997.
The Supreme Court had ordered a CBI inquiry against Mulayam on March 5, 2007, on a public interest litigation accusing him of misusing his position for monetary gains. Mulayam was then chief minister of UP. Similarly, on a public interest litigation, the Supreme Court had ordered the CBI inquiry on July 16, 2003, against Mayawati on charges of embezzlement of Rs 17 crores on a project to develop the area around the Taj Mahal in Agra.
During the course of investigation in Taj corridor case, the CBI also filed the DA case against Mayawati. However, in May 2007, when she came to power in UP again, the then governor TV Rajeswar, appointed by the Congress led UPA government, denied the CBI permission to prosecute her. In July this year, the Supreme Court also quashed the DA case. However, a couple of months later a review petition was filed against the order.
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