New Delhi: As the Uttar Pradesh elections close in, trouble is brewing for all the candidates. First it was Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav – who has come under CBI scrutiny for disproportionate assets – and now it’s the turn of BSP supremo Mayawati facing the heat for the multi-crore Taj corridor scam.
The CBI on Sunday sent papers for obtaining sanction of UP government for prosecuting Mayawati in the Rs 175 crore Taj Heritage Corridor case.
The papers for securing the permission were sent in compliance of the order of the designated court in Lucknow that had asked the CBI to seek prosecution sanction against the former UP Chief Minister from the government.
PTI quotes sources as saying that the papers had been sent to the state government and will be forwarded to UP Governor T V Rajeshwar for his final nod.
The court has given time till May 15 to the CBI for filing the sanction for prosecution before it could take cognizance of the report of the CBI submitted before the designate court on February 15.
Complying with Supreme Court directions, CBI has submitted all the material and documents, including the investigation report in the case.
The Supreme court had earlier quashed CBI's case closure report against Mayawati and the investigating agency had come in for severe criticism from the court on November 27 last year for taking legal opinion in the case despite the fact that the entire investigating team favoured Mayawati's prosecution.
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