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| Karra takes serious note of allegations, threatens to expose its promoters | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Sept 5: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Minister for Finance and Planning Tariq Hameed Karra has expressed dismay and anguish over the media reports alleging his involvement in some timber scam.
In a statement issued from London, where he has gone as a part of the delegation of the finance ministers from various states of the country, Karra said the fact is that he has put his objections on record on the file disposed by him as the finance minister last month regarding constitution of a committee for exploring the possibility of importing timber by the State Forest Corporation. He said the facts could be verified from the official records.
Karra said the news item seems to have been purportedly planted to malign his image as he had recently taken a tough stand regarding the discrepancies in the Vigilance Organization's anti-corruption drive. Karra said in the capacity of the Forest Minister, he had also objected to the transfer of 2,500 kanals of Wildlife land at Jammu to a Delhi-based corporate house for the construction of an amusement park, annoying its promoters.
The Finance Minister said that by planting such baseless and mischievous allegations against him in the media, the behind-the-scene promoters of the media-campaign would be only exposing themselves further before the public. He said on his return to Srinagar, he would place all the facts before the public and expose the persons who are behind the campaign as their motives were not fulfilled.
Karra has also decided to file a criminal defamatory suit against the vernacular news agency that had floated the news item in its bulletin yesterday.
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