Need for immediate probe

The trust run by Union Law Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife for providing help and relief to differently-abled persons is alleged to have committed financial irregularities. The report on financial irregularities was carried by a leading Media Group of the nation. India Against Corruption (IAC) activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal has also launched protest against the minister and demanded his resignation from the Union Cabinet. Salman Khurshid on return from his London visit held one and half-hour long press conference and rubbished all charges one by one against his trust and expressed willingness for any probe into the alleged financial irregularities it, though Kejriwal has rejected all his versions to prove the allegation to be unfounded and baseless. The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of UP police has started investigation into financial irregularities in trust in all the districts of the state where it has been running. The charges of corruption must be probed impartially and there must not be any defence in their favour. If these-days of corruption laden atmosphere among political class the precedent is set for ministers, MPs and MLAs to resign the moment charge against them is slapped, no government irrespective of political party would survive even for a day. No government can provide corruption free rule in this age of materialism. During Salman Khurshid’s press conference, it was clearly visible that he was feeling disturbed and his conscience was biting somewhere his inner chord of heart. That is why he burst into anger with the reporter of that media group and warned him that he would see him in the court. Whatever may be the findings of the investigating team, but one thing is clear from his appearance, behaviour and way of responding and giving explanation that he is on week-wicket on the charges of financial irregularities allegedly committed by his trust. He had brought a differently-abled old man to say the nation through his press conference that the Trust had provided him hearing aid but he needed more. The experience says that the record of almost all the NGOs have been under question because of financial irregularities and it has also been mostly seen that NGOs are either run by the persons closely associated with powerful persons or under their direct control. The concept of running NGOs by the government is to provide opportunity to the social activists to serve the society in different ways through an organization for which it provides them some financial grants. But the reality is that mostly the NGOs and Trusts are run for gulping the government money in the name of social service. As far as the allegation of financial irregularities by Salman Khurshid's trust is concerned, the greater responsibility rests with him to get them investigated and come himself clean instead of showing arrogance and loosing temper under the glare of national and international media in New Delhi. It reflects that all is not well with his trust.