Bihar Education Minister Mewa Lal Choudhary on Thursday resigned from the post amid corruption charges leveled against him. Choudhary said, “An accusation is proven only when a charge sheet is filed or a court gives an order and none of the two is there to prove the allegations against me.”
Followed by the resignation, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav took a dig at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Taking it to Twitter, “Through the mandate, Bihar has given us an order to warn you against your corrupt policy, intention, and rule. Just a resignation is not enough. Right now, 19 lakhs jobs, contracts, and equal work-equal pay is the public concern. Jai Bihar, Jai Hind” (roughly translated in Hindi).
“I said that you are tired, so your power of thinking and understanding has diminished. Intentionally corrupted the minister Took office despite Hours later, the drama of resignation was composed. The real culprit is you. Why did you make a minister ?? Your duplicity and gimmick will no longer be allowed to run?”, he added.
मा. मुख्यमंत्री जी,
जनादेश के माध्यम से बिहार ने हमें एक आदेश दिया है कि आपकी भ्रष्ट नीति, नीयत और नियम के खिलाफ आपको आगाह करते रहें। महज एक इस्तीफे से बात नहीं बनेगी। अभी तो 19 लाख नौकरी,संविदा और समान काम-समान वेतन जैसे अनेकों जन सरोकार के मुद्दों पर मिलेंगे। जय बिहार,जय हिन्द
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) November 19, 2020
मैंने कहा था ना आप थक चुके है इसलिए आपकी सोचने-समझने की शक्ति क्षीण हो चुकी है।
जानबूझकर भ्रष्टाचारी को मंत्री बनाया
थू-थू के बावजूद पदभार ग्रहण कराया
घंटे बाद इस्तीफ़े का नाटक रचाया।असली गुनाहगार आप है। आपने मंत्री क्यों बनाया??आपका दोहरापन और नौटंकी अब चलने नहीं दी जाएगी?
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) November 19, 2020
Earlier, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had said that Choudhary is facing serious charges under the Indian Penal Code including cheating and dishonestly (section 420), and criminal conspiracy (120B). “Has Chief Minister Nitish Kumar awarded Mewalal Choudhary for corruption and given him the freedom to loot?” he asked in a tweet.
The leader was suspended from the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) in 2017 after an FIR was registered against him over alleged irregularities in appointments during his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of the Bihar Agriculture University, Sabour in Bhagalpur district.
Mewalal Chaudhary is accused of misusing his position as the vice-chancellor of Bhagalpur’s Sabaur Agriculture University in 2017 to influence the recruitment of 161 assistant professors and junior scientists. Mewalal Chaudhary is also facing corruption charges over the construction of a building on the Sabaur Agriculture University campus. He was also suspended from the party, according to the media reports.
