Well, when election to second phase was being held in Bihar, (when it was held
in Madhubani), I was there, looking at the prospects of empowerment and issues
in elections. It was then i saw two independents Santosh Jha and Gulab Yadav. It
was rumored widely there they had enormous ill gotten money. Yadav had his money
in Pune. Jha was said to be a smuggler. Both were widely seen as Sadhu Yadav
men. But whereas Yadav was duped by Sadhu and was not given RJD ticket despite
being paid money and having been promised. Santosh Jha was was more closer to
Sadhu in public perception and his LJP ticket was just seen as front for Sadhu.
Many in Bihar rceived LJP ticket when they were unable to get RJD TIcket. They
were seen as mainly RJD men, who if won shall play crucial role in post election
alliances. Jha has big marble mansion in Madhubani and did distribute releif
when flood came last year. Both, Jha and Gulab yadav did not receive any
substantail vote. Gulab received much less tha
n Santosh. Santosh was in fact in jail till just a day before election, as he
was accused of attacking the house of Rup Narain Jha, an independent candidate,
who eventaully won from Madhupur constituncy in this election. This man was in
Laloo's cabinet and was denied RJD ticket for last two successive elections. In
both last elections he stood as independent but could only win this time. When
Santosh had surrounded Rup Narain Jha's house in the time leading to election,
he was caught by police. It was widely rumoured in the area that police
recovered large amount of cash and illegal weapons from his and firned's cars.
Santosh was booked under armed acts but police men took away his cash.
About Gulab Yadav, if you want to read more, please have a look of May issue of
Humanscape, where i have described in more detail the condition of Madhupur
constituency.
Love Rahul Ramagundam

----- Original Message -----
From: S R Jha <srjha@...>
Date: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:32 pm
Subject: RE: [biharchintan] Bihar flood scam, Part-V

> Bhai Saheb,
>
> Kuch aap bhi tahkeekat karen aur batayen ki yeh "heera" ( Santosh
> Kumar Jha ) hai kaun ? Matlab ki, kaun gaon ghar chhanhi
> natwarlalaji ke?
>
> Sudip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: biharchintan@...
> [biharchintan@...]On Behalf Of vagish Jha
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:52 AM
> To: Bihar Chintan
> Subject: [biharchintan] Bihar flood scam, Part-V
>
>
> The fifth part of the report.
> Vagish K Jha
>
> THE BIHAR FLOOD SCAM, PART - V
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> Contractor Jha built fortune under RJD
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> In ad for Sadhu, Jha promised to fight for poor with RJD help;
> Sadhu: Who's he?
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> VARGHESE K GEORGE
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>
> Posted online: Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 0235 hours IST
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> PATNA, APRIL 27: Santosh Kumar Jha, the man identified as the
> recipient of siphoned-off funds in the Bihar flood scam exposed by The
> Indian Express, is a government contractor who flourished under the
> RJD regime.
>
> Jha's friends confirmed to this newspaper that he handles government
> ''contracts worth tens of crores'' at any given time and operates
> across Bihar. ''He enjoys making money and living lavishly. He has a
> fleet of cars and always wants to buy the latest one,'' a close
> associate said.
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> When contacted, Jha said he was away in Motihari and would ''clear
> everything on his return to Patna.''
>
> Confronted with Express reports that revealed him as one of the
> beneficiaries of the scam, he said it was all ''misrepresentation of
> facts''. ''I have been a supplier for the BSSIC for long and I have
> documents that prove my role is bonafide,'' Jha said.
>
> Before surfacing as an LJP candidate in the recent Assembly elections,
> Jha was always identified as an RJD insider.
>
> In fact, in a newspaper advertisement he released in October 16, 2004,
> Jha said he ''would shed the last drop of his blood to fight for the
> poor of Bihar, with the help of the RJD.''
>
> The quarter-page ad is about the ''relief work conducted in 27
> panchayats in Phulparas assembly segment'' three weeks earlier.
> ''Sattu, candles and sarees were distributed to thousands of poor by
> the honorable Member of Parliament Sadhu Yadav,'' said the
> advertisement put out by Jha, identified as ''President, Public
> Welfare Foundation.''
>
> Buta hints at CBI probe
>
> • PATNA: Bihar Governor Buta Singh on Wednesday hinted at a CBI
> probe into the multi-crore flood-relief scam exposed by The Indian
> Express. ''We may order a CBI probe if the state agency fails to come
> out with the truth involving diversion and defalcation of relief
> funds,'' Singh said.
>
>
> Talking to reporters in Delhi, Sadhu Yadav said: ''I'm not a minister,
> commissioner or DM and I don't know where the money went.'' He said
> the Express report was making wild allegations and that he did not
> know Santosh Kumar Jha.
>
> Besides Jha's claim of his association with Sadhu, The Indian Express
> has independently verified from sources close to Sadhu Yadav that he
> had travelled with Jha to the interiors of Madhubani, distributing
> relief.
>
> All these were part of Jha's preparations for getting an RJD ticket
> from any seat in the region. But his chances were scuttled because he
> landed in trouble with Devendra Yadav, powerful RJD politician in the
> region. After managing an LJP ticket to contest from Madhepur, he was
> arrested by the district police on different charges and kept in jail
> for one month.
>
> Patna DM Sudheer Kumar today confirmed that more than 17 crore meant
> for flood relief flowed from the government account to the account of
> Baba Satya Sai Industries and later to accounts controlled by Santosh
> Kumar Jha.
>
> ''I have made inquiries into the transactions relating to flood relief
> and several matters of concern has surfaced. Despite payment of
> rupees, there is not even a single voucher available; and the money
> has been traced as flowing into accounts which have no reason to
> receive it as per the records available with me. At any rate, the
> entire worth of relief shown to have supplied is not more than Rs 7.7
> crore,'' he said.
>
> Kumar has submitted a report to the Bihar Chief Secretary in this
> regard.******
> Paswan throws out Jha
> NEW DELHI: A day after The Indian Express reported that Santosh Kumar
> Jha had contested the Bihar polls on an LJP ticket from Madhepur, LJP
> chief Ram Vilas Paswan expelled him from the primary membership of the
> party for his involvement in the diversion of flood relief funds.
> ****
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