Congress scams in India since Independence Jump to: navigation, search Congress party is always in news for the mega million dollar scams it pulled off in India. What began as a swindling to the nature of crores in the 1950s turned large scale with the Bofors scam scripted by its Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Since then the nature of scams by Congress is of the order of billions, the latest being 2G scam, Coal scam and the Thorium scam. The party is known to scuttle any probe by influencing CBI and all those who are party to the investigation. All the probes dies a natural death, even as Congress men gets busy in pulling off a bigger scam. Contents 1 Jawaharlal Nehru 1947–1964 1.1 Jeeps scam 1.2 Cycles scam 1.3 BHU scam 1.4 Mundra scam 1.5 Teja loan scam 1.6 Kairan scandal 2 Lal Bahadur Shastri 1964-1966 2.1 Biju Patnaik corruption 3 Indira Gandhi 1966-1977 3.1 Maruti controversy 3.2 Indian oil scam 3.3 A R Anthule corruption 4 Indira Gandhi 1980-1984 4.1 Churhat lottery scam 5 Rajiv Gandhi 1984-1989 5.1 Westland helicopter scam 5.2 HDW submarine scam 5.3 Bofors scam 5.4 Boeing Air India scam 5.5 Saint Kits forgery 5.6 Indian Airlines controversy 6 PV Narasimha Rao 1991-1996 6.1 Solamki scam 6.2 Harshad Mehta scam 6.3 Indian Bank scam 6.4 Sugar imports scam 1994 6.5 MS Shoes scam 6.6 JMM bribery scandal 6.7 Lakhubhai Pathak scandal 6.8 Sukhram corruption 6.9 Fodder scam 6.10 Urea scam 6.11 Hawala scam 7 Manmohan Singh 2004 till present 7.1 Oil for food scam 7.2 Satyam scam 7.3 Madhu Koda corruption 7.4 MHADA flats scam 7.5 Siachen army ration scam 7.6 Cash for votes scam 7.7 IPL scam 7.8 Sukna land scam 7.9 2G scam 7.10 Karnataka landscam 7.11 Commonwealth games scam 7.12 Adarsh society scam 7.13 ISRO Devas scam 7.14 Pune landscam 7.15 Telephone exchange scam 7.16 NTRO scam 7.17 Coal mines scam 7.18 NRHM scam 7.19 Tatra defence procurement scam 7.20 ENI scam 7.21 KG basin oil scam 7.22 Reliance Power scam 7.23 Agusta Westland scam 7.24 Thorium scam 8 See also Jawaharlal Nehru 1947–1964 Jeeps scam See Jeeps scam In the next year of independent India, first scam took place. VK Krishna Menon, who was high commissioner in Britain made a deal with foreign company for army jeeps by crossing the regulations. He had made the deal of Rs. 80,00,000 and this was found out in 1955 when he was in the ministry of Jawaharlal Nehru. Cycles scam See Cycles scam Cycles imports scam took place in 1951. SA Venkataraman who was the industrial minister was bribed and he gave the permission to a foreign country for the sale of their company cycles. BHU scam See BHU scam BHU scam took place in 1956 and it was the first scam among the scams in educational institutions. Authorities of Banaras Hindu university wasted Rs. 50,00,000 of the treasury. Mundra scam See Mundra scam Mundra scam which took place in 1957 was brought out by media. Haridas Mundra who belongs to Kolkata sold the shares of LIC by cheating the authorities. Jawaharlal Nehru who was the Prime Minister kept a case on him in Supreme court and it is declared that Mundra had sold non-existing shares which were of Rs.1.25 crores. LIC company was at a great loss. Mundra was punished for 22 years of jail sentence and the finance minster T.T. Krishnamachary resigned from the post. Teja loan scam See Teja loan scam Teja loan scam took place in 1960. Jayanth Dhramateja took Rs. 22 crores as loan to establish Jayanth Shipping company but without establishing the company, he ran with the money. Kairan scandal See Kairan scandal In Kairan scam in 1963, Pratap Singn Kairan resigned the post of chief minister after one year when he was blamed that he was misusing the powers and facilities of the minister for his personal life. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1964-1966 Biju Patnaik corruption See Biju Patnaik In Patnai Selfgoal in 1965, Odessa Chief Minister Biju Patnayak resigned the post as he gave the government project for his own company which is Kalinga tubes company. Indira Gandhi 1966-1977 Maruti controversy See Maruti controversy Indira Gandhi’s name was shouted out in Maruti scam in 1974 that she was giving the license of the cars to her son Sanjay Gandhi before the company was established. Indian oil scam See Indian oil scam 1976 Indian Oil scam in 1976 was done by Indian oil company. It had made agreements with the Hongkong company which was not in existence and took bribes. A R Anthule corruption See A R Anthule A.R. Anthule who was the chief Minister of Maharashtra in Past had taken Rs. 30 crores from the cement company and kept this money in a private trust. Indira Gandhi 1980-1984 Churhat lottery scam Churhat lottery scam involving Congress minister Arjun singh Rajiv Gandhi 1984-1989 Westland helicopter scam The Prime Minister Rajiv gandhi forced the public sector Pawan Hans Corporation to buy 21 helicopters from a British company that was shutting down. A series of technical faults and crashes followed. The helicopters were eventually discarded as junk and lined up at an unused airport in Mumbai. HDW submarine scam See HDW submarine scam HDW commissions scam was found in 1987 and in this scam, HDW submarine company had given Rs. 20 crores as commissions. So this company was blocked. The case was closed in 2005. Bofors scam See Bofors scam Bofors scam took place in 1987 and Bofors Swedish company had said that it had given Rs. 64 crores of bribe to the Rajiv Gandhi and other popular people in India. Boeing Air India scam See Boeing Air India scam It was Enforcement Directorates investigation into Hasan Ali Khan in 2011, which brought this scam tumbling out of the closet. Surely Rajiv Gandhi regime had more affairs to be proud of than the Bofors scam. Saint Kits forgery See Saint Kits forgery Saint Kits forgery took place in 1989 and forgery was done to show that VP Singh was also partner in the Rs.2.1 crores which was in his sons account in Saint Kits first trust corporation. Indian Airlines controversy Indian Airlines made Rs. 2000 crores contract with Airbus company even after A-320 flight accident. Flights were not issued but Rs.2.5 crores was the loss incurred. PV Narasimha Rao 1991-1996 Solamki scam See Solamki scam Solamki scam took place in 1992. In this scam, Madhav Singh Solamki who was the foreign affairs minister had resigned the post as his letter to Switzerland foreign Affairs Minister was published by India Today magazine. Harshad Mehta scam See Harshad Mehta Securities scam in 1992 was done for Rs. 5000 crores. In this scam, Harshad Mehta had made the made the banks to invest the company’s money in various fields in stock market. Loss was incurred. Indian Bank scam See Indian Bank scam Few popular people and other famous people took Rs. 1300 crores of loan from the Indian bank with the help of Indian bank chairman M.Gopala Krishna and did not pay back. Sugar imports scam 1994 See Sugar imports scam 1994 Past Health minister Kalpanth Rai had imported the sugar for more price than the market price and as a result, there was Rs. 650 crores loss to the treasury. MS Shoes scam See MS Shoes scam MS shoes scam also took place in 1994. Pavan Sachdev who was the owner of MS Boots company had bought the shares at very low price along with SB and SBI cops. So people had invested Rs. 699 crores in the shares. JMM bribery scandal See JMM bribery scandal JMM bribes scam took place in 1995 and in this JMM had agreed that he and other three MPs had taken Rs. 30,00,000 to protect the P.V. Narasinha Rao government. Lakhubhai Pathak scandal See Lakhubhai Pathak scandal England-based NRI pickle king Lakhubhai Pathak, alleged that ‘godman’ Chandraswami and K N Aggarwal alias Mamaji, cheated him of $100,000 in 1983, promising they would get him a paper pulp supply contract. He accused P V Narsimha Rao, then minister in the Congress government. Sukhram corruption See Sukhram There were rumors that Sukhram who was communication minister had agreed to buy the telecom devices from a company in Hyderabad and there was Rs.1.6 crore loss incurred for the government treasury. This scam took place in 1996. Fodder scam See Fodder scam Bihar Animal Husbandry department withdrew Rs. 950 crores from the treasury for animal feeding in 1996. After one year, Lalu Prasad Yadav had resigned the post as he was also one of the partners in the scam. Urea scam See Urea scam 1996 Urea agreement in 1996 was another scam in that year. CS Ram Krishnan had taken Rs. 133 crores from the government to supply urea but he did not supply urea. Hawala scam See Hawala scam Hawala diaries scam took place in 1996 and it was brought in CBI ride on Hawala operators. SK Jain Diaries were a sensation in this scam. Manmohan Singh 2004 till present Oil for food scam See UPA Oil for food scam. The scam took place in 2005 and K.Natwar Singh was dismissed from the duty after finding the oil scam with Iraq for food. Satyam scam See Satyam scam Madhu Koda corruption See Madhu Koda Congress supported his govt in Jharkhand] [2009] MHADA flats scam See MHADA flats scam Congress government in Maharashtra constructed posh flats in Mumbai using public money and gave away flats to its members flouting rules. Siachen army ration scam See Siachen army ration scam Cash for votes scam See Cash for votes scam IPL scam See IPL scam Sukna land scam See Sukna land scam 2G scam See 2G scam Karnataka landscam See Karnataka land scam Commonwealth games scam See Commonwealth games scam Adarsh society scam See Adarsh society scam ISRO Devas scam See ISRO Devas scam Pune landscam See Pune landscam Telephone exchange scam See Telephone exchange scam. Another case of UPA minister looting India right under the nose of an incompetent Prime minister. Even though CBI indicted Dayanidhi Maran, no action taken by UPA government against Maran and the report kept under wraps. NTRO scam See NTRO scam. Scam involving the Research and Analysis Wing orchestrated under the UPA Coal mines scam See Coal mines scam NRHM scam See NRHM scam. Scam in Uttar Pradesh siphoning off the health grants from Central government. Tatra defence procurement scam See Tatra defence procurement scam. Involves kickbacks, a clone of the Bofors scam ENI scam See ENI scam. A return of the company once famous for its links to Quattracchi. Interestingly it got exploration licenses after Congress under Sonia Gandhi returned to power in 2004. KG basin oil scam See KG basin oil scam. Another scam in the UPA government. This one was buried very quietly and media for reasons unknown did a very subdued coverage of this large scale corruption. Reliance Power scam See Reliance Power scam Another case after the 2G scam where the Anil Ambani company reaped huge benefits from the UPA government and CAG played the spoilsport. Agusta Westland scam See Agusta Westland scam Defence scam involving Italian company who bribed politicians for getting contract. Thorium scam Scarce materials like Monozite sand was allowed to be exported from India causing loss to the order of 50 lakh crore. vs Parliamentary election is nearing… politics is heating up with lot many political exchanging happening everyday. BJP claims, they are saints and want Congress to be chucked out. While Congress’s Scams has bigger money involved and are of high end technology, BJPs scams are quite silly and cheap. Most of the time BJP’s scam list has few crore rupee as the money swallowed by them. BJP also indulged in silly frauds like, making money in government staff appointments, allotting residential plots their family members, to the worst their scam includes Kargil coffin! Here is the list of scam, performed by BJP and their partners just 9 years ago: 1. Tehelka, a website run by investigative journalism enthusiast showed BJP’s then president Bangaru Laxman taking bundles of cash as bribe 2. UTI – United Trust of India, now doing business as Axis Bank, lost its money putting investors to the verge of loosing their money. Though the funds was managed well in UTI64, scam hit during NDA regime which created the loss. Few thousand crore money involved. The US-64 scheme had 2 crore investors, the bulk of whom were small savers, retired people, widows and pensioners. In 1998, the UTI crashed, and the BJP-led NDA government scrambled to organise Rs. 3,500 crore bail-outs to UTI. The capital of UTI fell by 33% from 75,000 crores to 50,000 crores, making this a 25,000 crores scam. Additionally public faith in financial institutions was completely eroded. In a global recession such a mistake would be catastrophic, it would retard and hamper the country’s chances of recovery turning it into a full blown crisis. 3. BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and her close friendship with Reddy brothers, who are considered to be mining mafia in Andhra – Karnataka states is a known fact. She was considered as God mother for Reddy brothers. 4. Soon after assuming office in 1999, the NDA government embarked on a full-scale privatisation programme, offering controlling stake in government-owned companies to “strategic partners”. Starting in January 2000, in less than two and a half years, the government sold controlling stake in nine companies, apart from 19 hotels at various locations belonging to the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). The government earned Rs.5,544 crores from the strategic sale of the nine enterprises. Every single instance was controversial and initiated protests from the unions. The unions not only feared for workers’ jobs but alleged that the units were being sold for a song. 5. BALCO SCAM: – Complete erosion of public money in the name of ‘disinvestment’. – The aluminium giant where missiles such as ‘Agni’ and ‘Prithvi’ were shaped, was sold to Sterlite company for a paltry sum of Rs.551 crore at a time when the assets alone were worth Rs.5,000-6,000 crore. 6. Gujarat Cooperative Bank Scam 2003: – In Gujarat, the Narendra Modi Government had to pay out Rs. 870 Crore to small investors after the Gujarat Bank Scam of 2003 which led to the closure of 9 cooperative banks and 17 other being declared sick. – The administrator of the crisis-ridden Panchamahal District Co-operative Bank even registered a complaint against Gujarat Minister of State Prabhatsinh Chauhan and 28 others, alleging their involvement in the embezzlement of Rs 124 crore (Rs 1.24 billion) from the bank 7. Centaur Hotel Scam: – In June 2002, the 288-room Centaur Hotel near Mumbai’s domestic airport was sold by the Hotel Corporation of India to Batra Hospitality, for Rs 83 crore. – *Within four months*, Batra Hospitality sold off the hotel property to the Sahara group *for Rs 115 crore, raking in a 35% profit*. – This leads to the inescapable conclusion that the bidding process of the hotel was blatantly rigged in favour of A. L. Batra, an industrialist with close ties to the RSS. – Validating the above theory, the Comptroller and Auditor General, in its report-2004, expressed *serious doubts on the methods used by the NDA government for computing the valuation of the underlying assets* in the matter of disinvestment of Centaur Hotel. CAG stated that the Government had *suffered a loss of rupees 145.69 crores in revenue in the sale of Centaur Hotel. 8. Cybertron Technopolis Scam: • Another scam of Atal Behari Vajpayee Government relates to laying the foundation stone of a Software Technology Park, named as ‘Cybertron Technopolis’ by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. *The park was promoted by the same Johri brothers who were benefited by the UTI scam*. • The RSS man who facilitated this was Pradeep Narayan Mathur, who is a trustee of Vishwa Samvad Kendra in Lucknow and a senior member of VHP. *The Rajnath Singh government in UP collaborated in the venture by becoming a partner of the proposed IT park*. • Since the company had the blessings of the Prime Minister, the innocent public invested heavily in the company. • Evidence of the suspicious and ill-thought out nature of the venture: currently the promoter, Arvind Johri is under investigation by the CBI. Finally who is the winner in doing Scams?
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:14:06 +0000
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