Nitish Kumar in soup – Ugly face of “Sushasan Babu”, BIADA Scam.

While Nitish Kumar cleverly builds up his ‘image’ of a honest, idealist Chief Minister and his mangers have made the media falls in line, the real ‘appearance’ is not all that pleasant. At least with the Scam of Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority it is clear that the ugly side of his face is peeping behind ‘Sushasan Babu,” with valuable industrial plots distributed like booty among the sons, daughter, kith and kin of the members of his Ministry. The land was supposed to be distributed amongst the entrepreneurs to build up the industrial base of Bihar. But the fact that many of the beneficiaries are relatives of his Ministers, the question on his motive and character has naturally arisen. It is a different matter that his Ministry has not added a single Megawatt of power after coming to power, so important for the infrastructure development for an industrial base of the state.

The former Advocate general of Bihar Mr P K Shahi is the Human Resource Minister of Nitish Government supposed to be quite close to the Chief Minister. Nitish Government has given a valuable ‘gift’ to Ms Urvashi Shahi, the pampered daughter of the pampered Minister. The Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority allotted 87 thousand sq ft land for the lady. So, the land which was supposed to have been allotted to the Entrepeneurs fo setting up Industrial units to generate employment was gifted away to please the Minister’s daughter. The Minister went on record to say that the kith and kin of the Minister’s too had a right to earn a livelihood. Of course, Mr Minister, but this is graft and you termed the previous regime as "Jungle Raj", precisely because laws were not followed.

One of the Navratna IAS of Nitish regime happens to be Afzal Amanullah, who is the Principal Secretary in the Irrigation Department these days. He has also held the post of Home Secretary and Cabinet Secretary in the Bihar Government. His wife Praveen Amanullah got the (JDU) ticket, courtesy Nitish Kumar and was later appointed as the Social Welfare Minister. We are not sure about the welfare of the society, but the fact that ‘charity begins at home’ can be clearly seen. Nitish Government also showered largesse on the daughter of Amanullahs, and Rahmat Fatima accordingly has been given 87 thousand sq ft land.

Before becoming Minister Parveen Amanullah had filed several PILs to expose Corruption in the Nitish Government, but now she will certainly appreciate her daughters progress.

Jagdish Sharma is known ‘dabang’ of JD(U). He has been MLA right from 1977 to 2009. After he became MP his son Rahul Kumar represents Ghosi constituency in Bihar assembly. Nitish Government is already affectionate towards this family. Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority has allotted 15.5 thousand sq ft of land at Hajipur, near Patna to Msrs Devlok Agro Beverage Company Pvt Ltd belonging to Mr Rahul Kumar, probably to produce political clout and following!

When JD(U) people were blessed with the largesse, how could BJP be left behind, afterall the power is being shared and they are equal partners in Government. Former Minister and BJP MLC Avdhesh Narain Singh also hit the jackpot and Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority allotted 2 lakh 17 thousand sq ft land at Bihita to Mr Mahesh Kumar. Now names can change but official papers betrays identity because Mr Mahesh Kumar has been allotted land on the address - Trident Foundation, Verma Centre, 405406, Boring Road Crossing, Patna. This is the address of the office of Avdhesh Narain Singh.

Another plot allotted at Bihita is given to Mother Teresa Medical Trust for educational institute. According to informed sources this society belongs to Anand Kishore (IG Jail). It is atserial no & on the list.


The game of land scam continued. Another MLC of BJP Ashok Chowdhary also got land by Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority at Forbesganj. He got this for his son Saurabh Chowdhary. The first plot is of 13 lakh sq ft and second plot is of 2 lakh 46 thousand sq ft. This is the same plot where many minorities lost their life in the police violence.

The question is that it is not a mere coincidence that the near and dear ones of Nitish Government has been allotted land by Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority to those who have nothing to do with the Industrial development of the state. This is something what Yedurappa did in Karnatak. The allotment is a simple and shining example of graft by Nitish Government. Certainly, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority has set rules for allotment. They have to advertise and get proposals, which has to be examined by a technical committee and put to the highest bidder. It is reliably learnt that most of these allot tees who are close to Nitish were the only ones to bid because no advertisement for these plots were made. So common people or the Entrepreneurs did not even know that these land will be allotted by the Government for Industrial Development and those who knew hit the jackpot.