Scams during Congress governance

Scams during Congress governanceWe will analyse the scams during tenure of various Congress Prime ministers

Jawaharlal Nehru 1947–1964

LIC scam

The LIC funds were used to buy fictitious shares thereby causing loss of 1.2 crores. The Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari, in his testimony tried to distance himself from the LIC decision, implying that it may have been taken by the Finance Secretary, but Justice Chagla held that the Minister is constitutionally responsible for the action taken by his secretary and he disown his actions. Eventually, Krishanamachari had to resign. The Nehru government suffered considerable loss of prestige in the incident. It turned out that Mundhra’s manipulations were not restricted to LIC. The income tax department had curiously withdrawn certain notices pending against him having entered into "some understanding" about the payment of arrears

Jeep scam

The jeep scandal in 1948 that began independent India's tryst with corruption. V.K. Krishna Menon, the then Indian high commissioner to UK, ignored norms to sign a Rs 80 lakh contract for the purchase of army jeeps

Mudgal case

H.G. Mudgal, the CONGRESS MP who was forced to resign from the Provisional Parliament on September 24, 1951, for tabling questions for a remuneration obtained from an association of business persons. Mudgal was almost expelled from Parliament after he was found guilty by a Parliament Committee.

Malaviya sirajuddin Oil scam

Minister of Mines and Fuel, K.D. Malaviya in Nehru Cabinet charged for his dubious involvement in the 1956 Sirajuddin affair.

Partap Singh Kairon

CONGRESS Chief Minister of Punjab from 1956 to 1964. While he is credited for much of the developments the state achieved, the controversy about his corrupt actions in promoting the economic interests of his sons, relatives and cohorts forced him to resign after being indicted by the S.R Das Commission.
Lal Bahadur Shastri 1964-1966

Orissa CONGRESS Chief Minister Biju Patnaik [1965] was forced to resign after the charges of corruption against him were investigated by HR Khanna Commission. He was indicted for awarding government contract to his privately held companies Kalinga Tube.

Indira Gandhi 1966-1977

Nagarwala financial scam in 1971

Maruti Scandal, 1974

Well before the company was set up, former prime minister Indira Gandhi's name came up in the first Maruti scandal, where her son Sanjay Gandhi was favoured with a licence to make passenger cars.

Kuo Oil deal scam, 1976

The Indian Oil Corporation signed a Rs 2.2-crore oil contract with a non-existent firm in Hong Kong and a kickback was given. The petroleum and chemicals minister was directed to make the purchase.
Indira Gandhi 1980-1984

Antulay trust scam Congress CM Maharashtra, A.R. Antulay, was collecting bribe for granting licensed cement and industrial alcohol. He resigned following adverse court verdict.. Antulay had garnered Rs 30 crore from businesses dependent on state resources like cement and kept the money in a private trust.

Lakhubhai Pathak cheating scam, 1983

England-based NRI pickle king Lakhubhai Pathak, alleged that ‘godman’ Chandraswami and K N Aggarwal alias Mamaji, cheated him of $100,000 in 1983, promising they would get him a paper pulp supply contract. He accused P V Narsimha Rao, then minister in the Congress government.

Churhat lottery scam [ Congress minister – Arjun singh]

Rajiv Gandhi 1984-1989

Westland helicopter scam, 1986

The Prime Minister Rajiv gandhi forced the public sector Pawan Hans Corporation to buy 21 helicopters from a British company that was shutting down. A series of technical faults and crashes followed. The helicopters were eventually discarded as junk and lined up at an unused airport in Mumbai.

HDW Submarine, 1987

The German submarine maker was blacklisted after allegations that commissions worth Rs 420 crore had been paid .

Bofors scam, 1987

Involvement of family friend of Sonia Gandhi Ottrovio Quattrochi and allegations of kickbacks received by Rajiv Gandhi

Rs.2500 crore -Airbus A-320 deal with France involving kickback

In the 1984 Airbus A-320 deal congress collected money. The CBI filed FIR charging senior officials of Civil aviation Ministry and IA with corruption in hasty negotiation to purchases amounting to Rs.2,500 crore. The case not yet solved.
PV Narasimha Rao 1991-1996

Harshad Mehta security scam, 1992

Harshad Mehta allegedly gave Narasimha Rao Rs 1 crore as bribe

Gold Star Steel and Alloys controversy, 1992

JMM bribery case, 1993

In July 1993, when Narasimha Rao’s government was facing a no-confidence motion, it was alleged that his representative offered big money to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) members, and possibly a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal, to vote for him. In 2000, a special court convicted Rao and colleague, Buta Singh. The same Buta singh was made Bihar governor by MMS & Sonia Gandhi.

Enron – Dabhol power project Maharashtra

Involved 1993-95 CONGRESS CM Sharad Pawar

Sugar Import, 1994

As CONGRESS food minister, Kalpnath Rai presided over the import of sugar at a price higher than that of the market, causing a loss of Rs 650 crore to the exchequer. He resigned following the allegations.

Urea scam, 1996

Advance payment of Rs.133 crore to a little known Turkish firm, Korsan Ltd., for import of urea which was never delivered.

Congress minister Sukhram in 1996

Rs. 3.6 crores in cash concealed in bags and suitcases from his official residence. The cash was allegedly collected by him committing irregularities in awarding a telecom contract . He was convicted and sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court in 2002.
Manmohan Singh 2004- present

Oil for food scam

Oil scam for food took place in 2005 and K.Natwar Singh was dismissed from the duty after finding the oil scam with Iraq for food.

Satyam scam

Madhu Koda corruption

MHADA flats scam

Mhada flats in Mumbai. Congress government constructed posh flats using public money and gave away flats to its members flouting rules.

Siachen army ration scam

Cash for votes scam

IPL scam

Sukna land scam

2G scam

Karnataka landscam

Commonwealth games scam

Adarsh society scam

ISRO Devas scam

Pune landscam

Fake pilots scam

Speak Asia scam