'I do not consider Mehrotra as UP Lokayukta', says Naseemuddin

A day after Uttar Pradesh government gave permission for lodging FIR against him in connection with disproportionate assets case, former BSP minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui today termed the move as a conspiracy of the SP government.
"Samajwadi Party is getting cases registered against ministers of the previous BSP government as part of a conspiracy," Siddiqui said at a party meeting here.
On the UP Lokayukta N K Mehrotra, on whose recommendations vigilance department had probed the case against him, Siddiqui said that his (Lokayukta) tenure had come to an end on March 15, 2012 "but the Akhilesh government had extended it by two years against the rule".

"As per the rule, the tenure of the Lokayukta cannot be extended....The matter is also pending in the Supreme Court where it would come up for hearing tomorrow," Siddiqui said adding that till the apex court gives its verdict he does not consider Mehrotra as the Lokayukta.
The state government had yesterday given nod to the vigilance department to file an FIR under the anti-corruption act against the BSP leader, in connection with charges of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Meanwhile, a youth threw a slipper towards Siddiqui in Azamgarh while he was addressing party's 'Muslim bhaichara sammelan' this afternoon.

Even though the slipper failed to reach the BSP national general secretary, irate BSP workers caught hold of the youth and thrashed him.
The police personnel deployed at the venue somehow brought the youth out of the venue.
The BSP leader alleged that those involved in the act belonged to Samajwadi Party, who got perturbed after "seeing sizeable presence of Muslims in the BSP sammelan".