This time, it’s about shady land deals. “Two files came before me in J&K. One of them pertained to Ambani, the other to a senior RSS functionary. One of the secretaries told me: “These are shady deals, but you can get Rs 150 crore each from these”. I rejected the offer saying I’d arrived [in Kashmir[ with five kurtas, and will leave with just these.” He added that across the country, the rate of commission for clearing such files is 4-5 per cent, but in Kashmir, it was 15 per cent.
Interestingly, he said nothing about whether he had taken any (mandatory) punitive action against the secretary, or not. It is another matter that in J&K, no secretary-level officer has been dismissed so far.