UP govt takes strict action after ABP News' bribery sting | Samvidhan Ki Shapath

In a big step after ABP News bribery sting, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has given direction to suspend the three accused secretaries.

The secretaries who were caught ‘red-handed’ asking for money in exchange of getting work done, were those of UP Minister of State for Mining, Excise, and Prohibition Archana Pandey, Backward Classes Welfare Minister Om Praksh Rajbhar and UP Minister of State for Education Sandeep Singh.

Santosh Awasthi, the secretary to Sandeep Singh, was caught asking for 'appropriate share' in return for books' contract in UP schools, while S P Tripathi secretary to Archana Pandey was caught saying that in a mining contract in Saharanpur there is a possibility of 100 per cent loot.