{
  "id": 20109889,
  "title": "MP Government Faces Fresh Controversy As Minister Uday Pratap Singh Comes Under EOW Complaint, Seven Ministers Face Scrutiny In Three Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/mp-government-faces-fresh-controversy-as-minister-uday-pratap-singh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-government-faces-fresh-controversy-as-minister-uday-pratap-singh-comes-under-eow-complaint-seven-ministers-face-scrutiny-in-three-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Madhya Pradesh government, in its third year of rule, finds itself embroiled in a fresh controversy as Transport and School Education Minister Rao Uday Pratap Singh comes under scrutiny from the Economic Offences Wing (EOW). Former IFS officer Ajad Singh Dabas has lodged a complaint against Singh, alleging irregularities in maintenance funds, textbook corporation purchases, school fund allocations, and midday meal ingredients procurement. Additionally, Singh's former Officer on Special Duty, Veerendra Tiwari, has faced multiple allegations, further complicating the minister's situation. The controversy extends to seven other ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda, Agriculture Minister Aidal Singh Kanshana, and others, all of whom have faced scrutiny in the past three years. Despite the numerous allegations, the BJP government has been criticized for not taking decisive action against any of the implicated ministers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}