How Kidar Bansal adamantly refused to bribe corrupt AICTE officials and faced torment for years before the wrongdoers were finally trapped by the CBI.
It was a hot and humid morning on July 17, 2009 when Kidar Bansal was playing around with some files in his office. Within moments of picking up the ringing telephone, Bansal breaks into a broad smile and spreads his arms in a gesture of victory and vindication. The call was from a newspaper reporter who gave him delightful news: The CBI has raided the offices and homes of many top officials of AICTE. He almost breaks into a jig when he gets to know more details. The CBI has arrested Member Secretary Narayan Rao and middleman S.B Subbarao; catching them red handed taking bribes. It gets even better for Bansal. The CBI has also registered an FIR against AICTE chairman R.A Yadav, Deputy Director Ravindra Randhawa, advisor S. C Rai and Regional Officer Om Dalal. Bansal, who runs the Echelon Institute of Technology in Faridabad, claims that it is these very men who have been tormenting him for years. His crime? Bansal refused to pay any bribes. Now vindicated, Bansal hopes that the CBI raids are just the beginning of the process to destroy and stamp out the hopelessly corrupt AICTE which specializes in punishing honest entrepreneurs and rewarding the crooked ones.
There are dozens like Bansal who had virtually given up any hope. That is because they knew that R.A Yadav and his cronies enjoyed such political patronage that they could behave brazenly and get away with it. In fact, Bansal now recalls meeting even Rahul Gandhi and pleading with him to help stop AICTE officials using professional education as a personal milch cow. Bansal is not aware of the details; but his adamant refusal to pay bribes started bearing fruit when Kapil Sibal replaced Arjun Singh as the Union Human resources Development Minister. From day one, Sibal was determined to cleanse the rot. And he did sign a file on June 26, 2009 which enabled to trap the corrupt gang at AICTE.
It was a hot and humid morning on July 17, 2009 when Kidar Bansal was playing around with some files in his office. Within moments of picking up the ringing telephone, Bansal breaks into a broad smile and spreads his arms in a gesture of victory and vindication. The call was from a newspaper reporter who gave him delightful news: The CBI has raided the offices and homes of many top officials of AICTE. He almost breaks into a jig when he gets to know more details. The CBI has arrested Member Secretary Narayan Rao and middleman S.B Subbarao; catching them red handed taking bribes. It gets even better for Bansal. The CBI has also registered an FIR against AICTE chairman R.A Yadav, Deputy Director Ravindra Randhawa, advisor S. C Rai and Regional Officer Om Dalal. Bansal, who runs the Echelon Institute of Technology in Faridabad, claims that it is these very men who have been tormenting him for years. His crime? Bansal refused to pay any bribes. Now vindicated, Bansal hopes that the CBI raids are just the beginning of the process to destroy and stamp out the hopelessly corrupt AICTE which specializes in punishing honest entrepreneurs and rewarding the crooked ones.
There are dozens like Bansal who had virtually given up any hope. That is because they knew that R.A Yadav and his cronies enjoyed such political patronage that they could behave brazenly and get away with it. In fact, Bansal now recalls meeting even Rahul Gandhi and pleading with him to help stop AICTE officials using professional education as a personal milch cow. Bansal is not aware of the details; but his adamant refusal to pay bribes started bearing fruit when Kapil Sibal replaced Arjun Singh as the Union Human resources Development Minister. From day one, Sibal was determined to cleanse the rot. And he did sign a file on June 26, 2009 which enabled to trap the corrupt gang at AICTE.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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