Sports minister faces lokayukta probe in U.P.

Oct 31, 2011 |

Age Correspondent

Lucknow

It is now UP sports minister Ayodhya Prasad Pal who is facing the Lokayukta scanner for corruption charges.
The Lokayukta office has received a complaint from one Bhanu Pratap Singh of Faizabad who has accused the minister of corruption in the construction of an international stadium in Faizabad district.
According to the complainant, the sports minister had a nexus with former sports director Hari Om and former project manager R.D. Prasad and had deliberately delayed the construction of the `86 crore Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar stadium, paving the way for an escalation of costs to `150 crore.
In an affidavit submitted to the Lokayukta, the petitioner said that the government organisation constructing the stadium has also commented that the functioning of the sports minister was the reason behind the delay in the project and its cost escalation.

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