Indian Express- New Delhi
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 26: In an embarrassing development, Congress MP Pawan Kumar Bansal 'who heads the Lok Sabha inquiry committee probing the misappropriation of MPLADS funds'resigned this morning from the panel after allegations that he himself had "misused" his own MPLADS fund.
Satya Pal Jain, former BJP MP and a member of the party's National Executive, has alleged that Bansal, an MP from Chandigarh, gave Rs 5 lakh from his MPLADS fund to the Chandigarh Golf Club for the construction of a squash court that was never built. He also claimed that Bansal was given honorary membership of the club a few months before he allocated funds for the squash court. ...
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 26: In an embarrassing development, Congress MP Pawan Kumar Bansal 'who heads the Lok Sabha inquiry committee probing the misappropriation of MPLADS funds'resigned this morning from the panel after allegations that he himself had "misused" his own MPLADS fund.
Satya Pal Jain, former BJP MP and a member of the party's National Executive, has alleged that Bansal, an MP from Chandigarh, gave Rs 5 lakh from his MPLADS fund to the Chandigarh Golf Club for the construction of a squash court that was never built. He also claimed that Bansal was given honorary membership of the club a few months before he allocated funds for the squash court. ...
