Saifai Mahotsav: A closely guarded secret

Saifai Mahotsav: A closely guarded secret

Neha Shukla,TNN | Oct 10, 2014, 07.43 PM IST

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Saifai-Mahotsav-A-closely-guarded-secret/articleshow/44775263.cms



LUCKNOW: Saifai mahotsav organised in December last year is a
closely-guarded secret for UP government so much so that even an RTI
application could not elicit any response from the government. Worse,
UP state information commission (UPSIC) refused to listen to the
applicant's complaint.

UP government faced lot of flak for being insensitive and having
splurged money on holding bollywood extravaganza in Saifai, in
December last year, while victims of Muzaffarngar violence lived under
apathetic conditions in relief camps.

The RTI application filed by activist Sanjay Sharma on January 13,
2014, in the office of the district magistrate, Etawah has got no
response till date. The application sought response on the money spent
in holding the event, guest list, programme list, money spent by
district administration and state government and frequency of flights
that operated to bring guests to the venue.

"On none of the eleven points information ever came," said Sharma.
After the application did not fetch any response from the Etawah's DM
office, applicant filed a complaint with the UPSIC in August, but,
that was dismissed by the commission without holding even a single
hearing.

Mahotsav is one of the most awaited annual events for SP held in
Mulayam Singh Yadav's native village, Saifai, in Etawah. Mulayam
Singh's nephew Ranbir Singh used to hold an annual wrestling meet in
Saifai but after his untimely demise in 1997, the party started
organising the event as Saifai Mahotsav every year to promote local
talent in sports.

Though bollywood's presence has always added glitz and glamour to the
event, this time it drew flak from all quarters, political and social,
for wasting the taxpayers' money at the place where it was not meant
to.

"I have sent my complaint to the governor's office now," said Sharma.


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