Click to play videoBangalore: The second most powerful man in Karnataka is in the eye of a storm. An RTI activist group, Mahiti Hakku Jagruti Vedike, has claimed to have unearthed a corruption case against Chief Secretary P B Mahishi.
The group claims a CBI FIR of 2006 names Mahishi as accused for a Rs-8.48 crore scandal in the Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd.
After being told by the Chief Secretary's office that the government has no information about the case, the group is now planning to approach the Governor
"We are confident once he gets the authentication from the CBI, he will be asking the present Chief Secretary not to continue as Chief Secretary,” says President of the group, JSD Pani.
Though unwilling to comment on camera, CBI sources confirm that the case was registered in Delhi and that investigations are on.
According to the rules, vigilance reports must be sought before appointments are made to the rank of Joint Secretary and above, something the activists say has not been done in this case.
"I have to further go into that. Government says they have no information, then I should ask CBI whether you have informed them or not? It's the beginning I should say not the end," says Pani.
These activists insist that their fight is not against an individual but against corruption in the government and they say they will continue to do so using the RTI act to speak out against just that.
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