UP in no mood for CBI probe

The Uttar Pradesh government is unlikely to agree to a CBI probe into the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act as demanded by union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh.

The Uttar Pradesh government is unlikely to agree to a CBI probe into the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act as demanded by union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh.

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“We do not see any basis for the state government’s concurrence for a CBI inquiry...This is purely a political issue, raised before assembly elections,” said a senior officer of the state government.