New Delhi: A day after reports suggested that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon be examining former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati in connection with National Rural Health Mission scam, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief said that the case against her was politically motivated.
Mayawati has been accused of swindling of funds in the implementation of centrally funded National Rural Health Mission scam. CBI sources said Mayawati, who was at the helm of affairs in UP during 2007-12, will be called for questioning in connection with the case.
Claiming that she is ready for any investigation, Mayawati said that CBI is free to question her on anything they want to know.
Hitting out at the Central government in strong words, the BSF chief said that she would not be bullied by anyone. BJP has forgotten that I don't bow down to anyone. I won't be bullied by BJP. This entire case is politically motivated," she said.
Sources said the agency needs clarification on funding of some projects under NRHM in which some top officials including the then Principal Secretary, Health, Pradeep Shukla has been charged by the agency.
It has been alleged that huge sum has been siphoned off by politicians, bureaucrats and doctors from the funds meant for the NRHM, a central government scheme meant to provide health care facilities to people in rural areas.
As many as five persons had died or were allegedly murdered in an attempt to cover up the large-scale irregularities in the case.
Babu Singh Kushwaha, a former UP cabinet minister during the Bahujan Samaj Party rule, was arrested on March 3, 2012 and is still languishing in jail.
Kushwaha has recently moved the apex court seeking bail, which was dismissed on February 13, with the court saying the allegations against him were very "serious" and it was a "good case for dismissal".
The NRHM scam cases are being investigated by the CBI which has submitted charge sheet against the accused persons. The trial is going on in a CBI court at Ghaziabad.
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