Involved in Serious crime::: 13 Ministers of INDIAN PM Modi Cabinet would likely be fired on directives Apex court of INDIA, would this law could implement in PM Nawaz Cabinet?????? ndias highest court has said that politicians with a criminal background should not serve in government – but stopped short of forcing Narendra Modi to fire the 13 cabinet members facing charges including rape, attempted murder and criminal intimidation. Modi won a landslide victory in May partly because of his promise of clean governance, after the previous Congress-led government was mired in a string of corruption scandals. But 13 of his 45 ministers have been charged with criminal offences, with eight facing serious charges according to an analysis of their own election affidavits by the Association of Democratic Reforms, a New Delhi-based advocacy group. In its ruling on Wednesday, the supreme court said it could not disqualify the ministers, as the constitution allows prime ministers to appoint their own cabinets, but said it hoped the premier would. Will any reasonably prudent master leave the keys of his chest with a servant whose integrity is doubted? the panel of five judges asked, adding, corruption is an enemy of the nation. As a trustee of the constitution, the PM is expected not to appoint unwarranted persons as ministers. The court made its ruling in response to a petition seeking to stop MPs charged but not yet convicted of crimes from being appointed ministers in state and federal governments. India bans people convicted of serious crimes from holding office, but not those facing charges. One minister, Uma Bharti, has 13 criminal cases pending against her, some related to the controversial tearing down of a mosque in Ayodhya by Hindu nationalists in 1992. The transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, faces four cases, including one alleging criminal intimidation.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:01 +0000
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