Ethics Ha ha ha Committee of Loksabha, Lower house of Indian Parliament

 I was Stunned to know that Indian Parliament has an ethics committee and so I looked into Its composition and workings..

In Modi's first term, in 5 years from 2014-2019 (the 16th Loksabha) this committee had a grand total of one and only one meeting.. in 2015 .. that's some stress on ethics.

 Let me remind you, this is when reliance Jio used Modi's picture while launching its mobile phone service, yet no ethics meetings were called . 

Just before Demonetisation, ruling BJP members and functionaries deposited large sums of cash in Banks and used the to be banned "currency notes" in real estate transactions . 

BJP MPs publicly promoted Privately owned e-wallets and digital payment services, still there was no meetings of breaches of ethical code.

Sum total of their existence in last Loksabha is just one introductory meeting. 

 Ethics In Current Loksabha .. Committee Workings ( or not )

I find they had not discussed or referred to any bills to be presented in Loksabha.  In last four and half years had only 6 meeting and Zero sittings, until the Mohua moitra eenquiry started; For which they had 3 meetings in 3 weeks. Here I present the evidence of that in form of Sansad website screenshots:

One can only guess, "Adani sab ka malik hai" meaning "Adani owns everything and everyone" and rather than the merits of questions raised by Ms. Moitra they are discussing who uploaded her questions and who logged in on her behalf.  And then the usual innuendos gets mixed and Toxic Indian Media spreads propaganda. 

Would Any Media House care to look at the composition of this committee .. I guess that too had to be done by me.

Let's start with the chairman, shall we?

Vinod Kumar Sonkar, is a BJP MP from Kausambhi in Uttar Pradesh and is a businessman by profession and has high amount of Personal debt and about 15-20 of his assets comes from stock market linked investments. 

 

And of course,  he has 4 criminal cases pending, at least, had 4 criminal cases in 2019, including case of inciting communal disharmony and riots. Since Uttar Pradesh is also ruled by BJP, so police had not taken any action against him.

 

AdaniGate could have personally dented his fortune, as he himself has declared in his election commission affidavit that he has invested in NSE Index funds in his as well as his wife's name. 

 So when Adani shares suffer a setback, one or more investments of Mr. Sonkar suffer a setback,  clear,  isn't it? Doesn't this tantamount to conflict of interest on Mr. Sonkar's part?

Has Indian Parliament had no better member than this Mr. Sonkar for ethics committee? In occupation column, he wrote that he is a businessman; But failed to mention his business organisation.

 Was Mr. Sonkar not a Director in these 3 Private Limited companies? Through his business partner Mr. Singh had he not opened many businesses in Varanasi, Modi's own constituency?

These BJP MPs has made so much money, illegally and by dubious means,  that ethics committee chairman forgets to mention his LPG tanker business, which partly Government owned Indian Oil Corporation uses and tankers were bought by loans from Government bank.

What are Mr. Sonkar's relationship with these 3 companies?

Is giving wrong information or suppressing information, an example of good ethical practices?

A Tale of Government Policy, Two Narendra(s), One Narendra's Son and Zero Action by ED

In the strange land that used to be India, Enforcement Directorate (ED) decides which Government policy is Good and who are eligible to get Windfall profits and who are not..

 I have come to know about a Narendra, Central cabinet minister (Agriculture minister) has son called Devendra Tomar .. thanks to a viral video on Social Media where he is talking about huge amount of Money transfers (allegedly for kickbacks and bribes). Had his father been an opposition politician , he would have been questioned by ED , CBI and who not.. simply basis of such video . 

Devendra can thank his lucky stars that his daddy is in BJP and "Black Farm Law" authoring and supporting Agriculture Minister, so he will not be subjected to downright abysmal Vilification by Noida based Godi Media.

Curiously I searched on the Internet, may be he is some big shot businessman who deals with Billions of rupees every day.  

Look at what I found:

 It seems that in last 5 years, he has opened 4 paper or shell companies with family members in 4 distinct fields..

He told Government of India's Corporate Affairs Ministry, who data these websites access that he is Managing Director of a funny named "Mango Pharmaceuticals Private Limited" since 2018.. a company that doesn't even have a website.. has only two directors, other being a Nivedita Tomar.. most probably a member of his family. No wonder, Government's latest employment data says 52% of employed people are self employed.  "Mummy mujhe MD bana doh, papa ne  bhai ko bana rakhha hai" ("Mom make me Managing Director, dad wont, as he made brother MD in his company") kind of employment.

 Registered Address of that company is hilarious and copy it as found it.. 

C/o Narendra Singh Tomar, House No. 38 Arya Nagar,Morar, GWALIOR

Oh Sonny, Sonny, Sonny.. did you really had to mention "Care of my daddy, a cabinet minister" in incorporation of your company?? It's upto Enforcement Directorate to find what Windfall gains, if any .. Junior Tomar got out of this company. What were the Pandemic era sales of this company? Nobody knows, I guess.

 incidentally Google map can find a Mango juice shop but not Mango Pharmaceuticals in GWALIOR.

Come 2019, he opens another company, this time in Ghaziabad, called "Bravo Multisports Private Limited" with authorized capital of just 5 lakhs and paid up capital of just one Lakh. What kind office space can one get in 1 lakh in Ghaziabad, a parking lot of a Maruti? Maybe even not that.. ha ha ha.. Registered Address is ambiguous, can be a flat or a parking lot..

III F 411 VAISHALI, GHAZIABAD

Once again, Google Map can find "Brave Gym" in Ghaziabad but not this company. Was Junior Tomar getting benefits from "Khelo India" policy of BJP governments? Would CBI look into that? Obviously not .. even if a BJP minister's son gets some money from Government policies .. so what?

Then in lockdown years Junior Tomar could not open any more company in 2020 and 2021 .. One can only guess his jump from Multivitamins of Mango Pharmaceuticals to Multi-sports in Ghaziabad did not get any traction with public, hence Google map can't find this establishment either. 

In 2022, he opens another company, Sharda Agrofood Products Private Limited, back in Gwalior. This one is a direct breach of Agriculture Minister's privileges bestowed on him. How can Agriculture Minister's son be in Agricultural foods business? Is this "Na khaunga, Na khane dunga" promise of Narendra Modi, manifested or what? In Portugal, Government fell down on such charges, just yesterday... but this is India, that too under BJP.

Once again, no website, no mention in Google maps, forget finding employees in LinkedIn.. there is a different Sharda Agro business in various other places, even they don't know that a namesake has appeared in Gwalior.

 Even that business perhaps didn't suit him, so this year, Junior Tomar joined another industry as additional director, while working in previous 3 as well.. 

Sharda Green Energy Private Limited

Both this Sharda named companies have same address in Gwalior.. 

What these Corporate affairs data won't show is that he has joined according to some media reports, a fifth Industry and perhaps the most profitable business in India now .. he has joined BJP and probably contesting polls soon. ED won't dare touch him now..

I don't know him or his family personally, so he might be an innocent guy with disastrous Corporate sector CV, if that is the case, I wish him long life and many more directorships in funny companies..

I'll perhaps update this blog, when his affidavit on assets comes from Election Commission. I'm curious to know what he writes in occupation column, "Habitual Director" or "Serial Company Founder" or what..

It is the Agriculture Minister who is at greater fault, if he channels money through his son.. or breaches oath of secrecy by letting his son join Agrofood business and creating policies to benefit family members. Let the Government agencies look into this and give clean chit..🤣

UPDATE:

In a bizarre turn of events, it turns out Union Agriculture Minister is himself contesting MLA election in Madhya Pradesh, despite being an MP .. Wow, Narendra Singh Tomar, would you like to become Agriculture Minister of Madhya Pradesh as well..

If he goes back to Madhya Pradesh, who will become Agriculture minister of India? The other Narendra??!😉