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1. I started work with Mindtree Limited as Technical Architect for Big Data (Analytics) domain. I was part of Central Architecture Group (CAG) and was responsible to participate in Projects, Proof of Concepts and Pre-Sales activities. I have always had very good relationships with my work mates as well as positive feedback from my managers about my performance.2. I often worked overtime and weekends (free) on behalf of the company. I’m used to working hard and this did not impact negatively on my daily performance. In particular, I was never the subject of disciplinary action on any ground.3. I always provide high quality deliverables within and on most occasions before deadline by providing multiple improved versions with my endeavour to provide best possible quality.4. Generally, I had to work with different group of Mindtree employees where team had to deliver tasks in collaboration with globally scattered team members. There were occasions where I had to give presentation on proposal to client without adequate prior information, in spite of I always performed very well. My manager had always appreciated me on these occasions5. Since I joined respondent, I had been asked to work from home, choose the time suits me based on my employment contract.6. From starting of employment my manager Mr. Rajamani Saravanan (RS) insisted me to keep meeting discussion with him in verbal form, even when minutes of the meeting (MoM) were being prepared by me.7. In addition to conduct meeting in verbal form, RS also waits till the end of the day when most of office colleagues would have left, so that he could discuss in private. This can be verified from CCTV footage of respondent office.8.On occasion, when I informed my manager (RS) about my intention to bring my wife and kids to UK, I always received reluctance from my manager and respondent senior managers. My family visa request was over delayed due to their negligence and excuses of technical difficulties.9.My manager (RS) had been insisting me that I shouldn’t bring my kids and wife to UK. When I asked the reason, RS told me that my family responsibilities would impact my professional commitment towards organisation.10.I did a long follow-up to get approval from RS and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Eventually CTO agreed to approve my family visa request. Even then RS asked me not to bring my family as it will impact my professional commitments. I had to call over his phone to convince him again.11.Once my family joined UK in late December 2017, on 3rd January 2018, I got training request on topic (Web Development Technology) which was completely off-track from my work area. Though I accepted meeting because I like to learn emerging technologies. On training day morning 5th January 2018, when I checked the reason for such off-track technology training then I was told by RS (trainer and my manager) that he wanted me to show how training was conducted at Mindtree.12.In second training day, 9th March 2018, I informed my manager about my bad health in the morning and requested, shall I could leave early as I found it difficult to concentrate on projector screen and laptop monitor. I also offered to complete training assignment once I would recover from illness. But my request was denied and asked me to stay in training till late evening.13.In the evening on training day, when I checked with my manager about pipeline of work then he told me “What will you do here? You will have to leave the company”. I was shocked, upset and left for home as I was unwell and can’t stay any further in office.14.Afterwards, I didn’t hear anything back from RS and I thought that he was just angry because I requested to leave early due to my bad health.15.On 3rd April 2018, when I checked with RS again about next assignment then RS asked me “Why you have not resigned yet? You have no option”. I asked him “why I should resign” and “please don’t ask me to resign as I found difficult to sleep because of your words”. I couldn’t understand why he was asking me to resign.16.On 11th April 2018, I requested him for next assignment then he told me that “You will have to resign, and You don’t have option”. When I said I am not going to resign then he threatened me that “he will terminate me by making false performance issue”.17.Thereafter, RS started with performance issue comments which I said it was informed to me first time and I requested RS for next assignment, which he denied.18.I returned home, and I couldn’t eat and sleep that night due to RS behaviour of threatening me to terminate by making performance issue. I was very scared because he was one of senior employee of Mindtree and he has a very good comradery within HR department as most of HR employees were from South India which was RS native place as well.19.12th April 2018, I scheduled another meeting with RS and emailed with RS performance comments with my response which RS denied later in his response.20.12th April 2018, I involved my People Function manager (HR) and asked for grievance processes. I also requested for time-off for one week as I was very upset and got severe headache because of my manager’s behaviour on denying my past achievements. I was told by respondent HR Mr. Chandrashekar Nair (CN) that I would have to come office and time-off request was denied, and grievance process was not provided to me.21.Appraisal feedback comments for April 2017 To March 2018 cycle was already completed by me on 23rd February 2018 and by RS on 23rd March 2018, but once the complaint was made by me, RS replaced feedback with negative comments and denied my past achievements. Since RS had already completed feedback comments in 23rd March 2018, on 13 April 2018 the supervisor RS amended appraisal comments by unlocking the feedback step manually with the help of Admin team.22.On 13 April 2018, I informed HR that workplace harassment is not acceptable as per company policies and requested to take appropriate action. I also requested CN to provide me assurance from such workplace harassment before I visit to office because CN was insisting me to come office.23.On 16 April 2018, I raised formal complaint to HR about workplace harassment and offered to provide all information required to facilitate this investigation. I did follow-up next day 17 April 2018.24.On 25 April 2018 after experiencing inconsistent treatment from respondent HR on changing my normal working pattern to work from office every day, making my contract as desk job without my consent and by not accepting my request to show details of contract which suggests I had desk job contract. I reached out to ACAS for conciliation.25.I was already dealing with trouble sleeping problem due to RS behaviour, respondent HR aggravated my situation and I lost appetite and trouble sleeping for next 3 to 4 weeks.26.On 17 May 2018 I tried to set up telephonic meeting with HR on my concerns, but CN denied with argument that Mindtree doesn’t provide ‘Work from home facility’ and refused to speak over phone. In addition, he tried to intimidate me by bringing lawyer.27.On 18 May 2018 I registered complaint on whistle blower mail box as it will impact to all employees because company was not providing stress free working environment and encouraging work place harassment which is against law. In addition, Mindtree UK policies encourage employees to raise such incidents for welfare of employees. I informed Whistle Blower team with mail evidences of details what happened till that time (Please see bundle – documents 2.26).28.On 25 May 2018 ACAS gave certificate .29.On 4th June 2018 I found 4-5 work opportunities within organisation where I could be engaged immediately. I informed to RS about these opportunities and requested for his approval to these engagements.30.On 5th June 2018, supervisor denied my request to engage me to found work within organisation.31.On 6th June 2018, requested HR to take independent second opinion for my work allocation which was not responded. (Please see bundle – documents 2.29)32.On 12th June 2018, first whistle blower meeting arranged and advised me not to record audio/video, though panel agreed to provide minutes of the meeting. In this meeting I clarified panel that I was being pressurised to resign and threatened to terminate by making false performance issue. Minutes of the meeting was never shared and later many false accusations made on me.33.On 6th July 2018, second whistle blower meeting conducted, and I found that additional panel members were not provided with evidences which I had already provided to existing panel members on 12th June 2018. As agreed by panel members, I requested panel to share minutes of the meeting several times. Minutes of the meeting was shared after delay of over 30 days in which many inaccurate statements were recorded.34.On 19th July 2018, I completed one year at Mindtree but not congratulated by my supervisor (RS). In addition, as per custom at Mindtree, anniversary mails should be circulated to wider audience like Central Architecture Group and Paddington office. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen in my case. Lately, other employees completed anniversary at organisation, which were celebrated by greetings from supervisor (RS) and wider audience made aware about such milestone. On my work anniversary, RS responded me for other mails except congratulations on my milestone. I felt very sad because of inconsistent treatment.35.On 19th July 2018, directly received training reminder number 3 for POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment for India location) which was quite surprising and when I enquired about that, didn’t receive any response. It was another incidence of inconsistent treatment I experienced during this period.36.On 19th July 2018, I requested RS to share his appraisal goals because reportee’s appraisal goals should be aligned with his/her supervisor. I got the negative response and his response also indicated that respondent had already conveyed him what whistle-blower panel was going to give decision.37.On 30th July 2018, received closure letter of my grievance without considering my evidences. There were many facts which were incorrectly recorded in closure letter which was referring to minutes of the meeting of 6th July. Till this time minutes of the meeting was not shared with me which was requested several times earlier.38.On 31th July 2018, because closure letter has raised many questions on transparency and fair decision, I appealed on the decision with details of facts which were not considered by the panel.39.On 31th July 2018, closure letter informed me that my new manager was Mr. Nagesh Gurikar (NG) who was SENIOR ARCHITECT at same level as mine. Generally, respondent allot supervisor who should be at least one level senior in organization hierarchy to reportees. This was another example of inconsistent treatment with me.40.I had to complete goal setting exercise for appraisal cycle April 2018 - March 2019 with my supervisor NG. I informed NG about this task and scheduled date for this meeting.41.Till this time, I was successfully managed to secure employment with another organization in Big Data and Analytical area as Senior Architect. Considering, respondent was progressing to resolve my concern therefore I kept it on hold.42.On 7th August 2018, I met with new supervisor (NG) as per our agreement, where we discussed about the objective setting for 2018-2019. We also discussed about the two assignments:a. Face Recognition (Artificial Intelligence) PoC with objective to present knowledge sharing session to wider audience.b. Major cloud service providers comparison excel tool.NG assured me that going forward he would make sure that there would not be any problem under his supervision.43.On 7th August 2018, after discussion with new manager I was quite happy, and his assurance also gave me confidence to forget all previous bad experiences.44.On 9th August 2018, I shared my plan with NG to achieve cloud comparison tool in phase wise because it was a huge piece of work as it requires to go through documentation for over 300 services.45.On 9th August 2018– I provided timelines for image recognition (Artificial Intelligence) PoC estimate. I asked for 8 weeks in meeting but new supervisor (NG) insisted for 4 weeks and later wants to deliver in one week.46.On 9th August 2018, minutes of the meeting of 6th July 2018 (Second Whistle Blower meeting) was provided to me after a long follow-up. This meeting minute included many facts which were incorrect although clearly explained and emphasised in the meeting day. Grievance decision was also based on these incorrectly recorded facts. I replied on 12th August 2018 by pointing the incorrect statements.47.On 9th August 2018 (Thursday) 17:47 PM, received invite for 14th August for Appeal hearing without asking my availability and convenience. Because my spouse (she was one of attendee to meeting) was unwell, and I was also fully occupied with work, I requested to reschedule it to 24th August 2018, which was convenient to me and my spouse.48.On 10th August 2018, I responded with highlighting the inaccuracies in minutes of the meeting of 6th July 2018 and informed to all panel members.49.On 13th August 2018, I met face to face with NG, where I presented first version of cloud service comparison tool and suggestion that it should be completed in phase wise as it was huge piece of work, which was accepted by NG . I know NG for over one year as we used to lunch together. I realised in the meeting that he was behaving bit different from his usual nature, for example, generally he keeps smiling and talks openly, but that day he was bit under pressure. When I checked with him if he was OK then he replied that he was asked to do something by respondent management which he didn’t want to do and left the room.50.On 15th August 2018, received invite for appeal hearing for 22nd August 2018 which was few days earlier than my proposed convenient day. Invite also suggested that hearing meeting would even continue if I failed to attend.51.On 16th August 2018, new supervisor (NG), drastically reduced efforts of my assignments (changed from 30 days to 7days) and insisted to deliver before agreed time. In addition, asked me to complete certification within short time period (instead of within appraisal cycle of 2018-2019 which ends in March 2019). I informed my new supervisor (NG) that delivery timelines for assignment were unrealistic, though new supervisor insisted me to deliver on his given timelines. It caused me to work for more hours and had to take sick leave due to this undue work pressure.52.On 17th August 2018, new supervisor asked me to work from office despite knowing the fact that I have parental responsibility, my spouse was unwell, and contract allow me to choose my working hours to balance work and personal life. I kept updating on progress on given tasks regularly to NG.53.Till this point respondent had made me in a position where I was over pressurised with work via shortened timelines and ill equipped for appeal hearing meeting.54.On 22th August 2018, appeal meeting attended by me which was not scheduled as per my date request and instructed by respondent that hearing would continue even in my absent. When I reached office in morning, I requested for meeting room which was not updated in meeting invite. I didn’t receive response to that mail. After some time, respondent HR came and asked me for an unplanned meeting before appeal hearing meeting.55.On 22th August 2018, asked me that there was no benefit in continuing appeal hearing as company had terminated me with immediate effect? I insisted that appeal meeting should continue as it was part of company process and I managed to attend that meeting while keeping kids with day care arrangements. There was delay of over 30 minutes to panel members to become available for appeal meeting. My arguments were not considered, and appeal meeting was just conducted as formality rather than providing fair hearing to my appeal.56.On 22th August 2018, I requested panel members that at least allow me to conduct knowledge sharing session on Artificial Intelligence with code demonstration on 31st August 2018 for which invite was already out and accepted by wider audience globally. I was told by respondent HR that this session would not be needed any more after my immediate termination, and respondent HR would cancel that meeting. Respondent HR confirmed me that they will send termination letter on my personal email id57.It was quite heart breaking that my all hard work on Artificial Intelligence PoC which was already over 40+ participants had accepted globally was put in vain. It was now very clear to me that respondent didn’t want me to showcase my abilities to wider audience, so that respondent can become successful in targeting me by making false performance allegation. (58.On 23th August 2018, I couldn’t sleep that night due to unfair treatment from responded and got severe headache, temperature and loss of appetite for next couple of weeks.59.On 24th August 2018, considering my bad health, my spouse reached respondent office to return company assets. As conveyed by my wife to me, she insisted for ‘receiving of company assets’ which respondent HR (CN) initially denied and later misbehaved with her by not allowing her to take drinking water from pantry and some unacceptable verbal comments.60.I was able to successfully secure employment from other organisation in Big Data (Analytics) domain with basic salary of £75,000 annually with sponsorship, which was much higher than my salary in Mindtree. During that period Mindtree new manager (NG) assured me for good working environment (Please refer section 2.41). That gave me confidence that I would be in position to secure my statutory rights (2 years of continuous employment) at Mindtree. Later Mindtree manager (NG) started giving me unrealistic deadlines and respondent terminated me before completion of my assignments. Therefore, I lost my opportunity to other employer as well . I started looking for job opportunities in market but due to nature of my visa (which requires sponsorship) I couldn’t find any sponsor.

When I looked at your article, it seemed to have roughly equal numbers from both parties. So I wrote a quick program to count them up. You are correct that there are only 57 Democrats compared to 64 Republicans (all listed below).But I’m not convinced of your pattern. For one thing the list is not complete. For another, there’s a huge variation in charges. The first Republican entry, for example is 11 days in jail for DWI, while the first Democratic one is 3 and a half years in prison for bribery. I think a complete list, weighted for severity, would show about equal for both parties.I did a word count on the lists to get some crude idea of any differences between the parties. Here are the most common words excluding common English words that don’t convey much information, along with how often the words showed up for each party.Campaign violations seem equal, as does fraud. But Republicans seem much more likely to perjure and obstruct, while Democrats conspire. Republicans seems to get lighter penalties, more fines, jail, probation, resignation and suspended sentences; less prison and sentenced. Depending on your partisanship, you can assume Democrats commit worse crimes, or Republicans get lighter treatment from courts. There is a huge gender gap in federal crimes, but the Democrats are more equal than the Republicans.One surprise is only two from each party were pardoned, I had an idea that federal officials convicted of crimes had good chances of pardons. Also, four Democrats but no Republicans were re-elected.DemocratsAlbert Bustamante (D-Texas) was convicted of accepting bribes and sentenced to three and one-half years in prison. (1993) [69]Alcee Hastings (D), Federal District court judge impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate of soliciting a bribe (1989).[166] Subsequently, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1992)Andrew J. May (D-Kentucky) Convicted of accepting bribes in 1947 from a war munitions manufacturer. Was sentenced to 9 months in prison, after which he was pardoned by Truman (D) in 1952.[143]Anthony Weiner (D-NY)[3] was convicted of sending sexually explicit photos of himself to a 15-year-old girl and was made to sign the sexual offenders register. (2017)[4]Austin Murphy (D-PA) was convicted of one count of voter fraud for filling out absentee ballots for members of a nursing home. (1999) [55]Bertram Podell (D-New York), pleaded guilty to conspiracy and conflict of interest. He was fined $5,000 and served four months in prison. (1974)[123]Carl C. Perkins (D-Kentucky) pleaded guilty to a check kiting scheme involving several financial institutions (including the House Bank).[58]Carroll Hubbard (D-Kentucky) was convicted of illegally funneling money to his wife's 1992 campaign to succeed him in congress.[59]Chaka Fattah (D-PA) was convicted on 23 counts of racketeering, fraud, and other corruption charges. (2016)[10]Charles Diggs (D-Michigan), convicted on 29 charges of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms which formed a kickback scheme with his staff. Sentenced to 3 years (1978) [110]Cornelius Gallagher (D-New Jersey) pleaded guilty to tax evasion, and served two years in prison.[130]Corrine Brown (D-FL) was convicted on 18 felony counts of wire and tax fraud, conspiracy, lying to federal investigators, and other corruption charges. (2017)[5]Dan Flood (D-PA) censured for bribery. After a trial ended in a deadlocked jury, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year's probation.[103][104]Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison, in 1995.[63]Daniel Brewster (D-Maryland) pleaded no contest to accepting "an unlawful gratuity without corrupt intent."[134]Darleen A. Druyun (D), Principal Deputy United States Under Secretary of the Air Force.[46] She pleaded guilty to inflating the price of contracts to favor her future employer, Boeing. In October 2004, she was sentenced to nine months in jail for corruption, fined $5,000, given three years of supervised release and 150 hours of community service.(2005).[47] CBS News called it "the biggest Pentagon scandal in 20 years" and said that she pleaded guilty to a felony.[48]Frank Ballance (D-NC) admitted to federal charges of money laundering and mail fraud in October 2005 and was sentenced to four years in prison. (2005)[40]Frank Boykin (D-Alabama) Was placed on probation and fined $40,000 following conviction in a case involving a conflict of interest and conspiracy to defraud the government. He was pardoned by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.[137]Frank Brasco (D-New York) Sentenced to three months in jail and fined $10,000 for conspiracy to accept bribes from a reputed Mafia figure who sought truck leasing contracts from the Post Office and loans to buy trucks.[105]Frank M. Clark (D-Pennsylvania) pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion on June 12, 1979 and sentenced to two years in prison.[112]Frank Thompson (D-NJ) Sentenced to 3 years.[94]Frank W. Boykin (D-AL) was convicted of conspiracy and conflict of interest in July 1963.[135]Fred Richmond (D-New York) – Convicted of tax fraud and possession of marijuana. Served 9 months in prison. Charges of soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy were dropped after he submitted to counseling. (1978) [109]Frederick W. Richmond (D-NY), Convicted of tax evasion and possession of marijuana. Served 9 months (1982) [102]Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Convicted on 9 counts of bribery and conspiracy. Sentenced to 3 years in prison.[89]Harry Claiborne (D), Federal District court Judge was tried and convicted of federal tax evasion; he served over one year in prison (1983). He was later impeached by the House, convicted by the Senate and removed from office (1986).[169]James M. Curley (D-Massachusetts) fined $1,000 and served six-months for fraud before Harry S. Truman commuted the rest of his sentence.[144]Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) pleaded guilty February 20, 2013, to one count of wire and mail fraud in connection with his misuse of $750,000 in campaign funds. Jackson was sentenced to two and one-half years' imprisonment. (2013)[18]Jim Traficant (D-OH) was found guilty on ten felony counts of financial corruption, sentenced to eight years in prison and expelled from the House of Representatives. (2002) [42]Joe Kolter (D-Pennsylvania) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and sentenced to 6 months in prison.(1996)[64][65]John H. Hoeppel (D-CA) convicted in 1936 of selling an appointment to the West Point Military Academy. He was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 4–12 months in jail.[145]John Jenrette (D-SC) sentenced to two years in prison for bribery and conspiracy.[90]John M. Murphy (D-NY) Served 20 months of a 3-year sentence.[95]John V. Dowdy (D-Texas), Allegedly tried to stop a federal investigation of a construction firm. He served 6 months in prison for perjury. (1973) [121][122]Joshua Eilberg (D-PA) pleaded guilty to conflict-of-interest charges. In addition, he convinced president Carter to fire the U.S. Attorney investigating his case.[105]Laura Richardson (D-CA) was found guilty on seven counts of violating US House rules by improperly using her staff to campaign for her, destroying the evidence and tampering with witness testimony. The House Ethics Committee ordered Richardson to pay a fine of $10,000. (2012)[19][20]Lieutenant General Michael Flynn (D) National Security Advisor. Pled guilty to lying to the FBI. (2017)[1]Mario Biaggi (D-NY) Convicted of obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gratuities he was sentenced to 2½ years in prison and fined $500K. (1987)[97]Mary Rose Oakar (D-Ohio) pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor campaign finance charge not related to the House Bank.[60]Matthew Lyon (Democratic Republican-Kentucky). First Congressman to be recommended for censure after spitting on Roger Griswold (Federalist-Connecticut). The censure failed to pass.[158] Separately, found guilty of violating Alien and Sedition Acts and sentenced to four months in jail, during which time he was re-elected (1798) [159]Mel Reynolds (D-IL) was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. (1997) He was later convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud. (1999) Reynolds served his entire sentence stemming from the first conviction and served 42 months in prison for the bank fraud conviction at which point his sentence was commuted by President Bill Clinton.[49] As a result, Reynolds was released from prison and served his remaining time in a halfway house.[50][51]Michael Myers (D-PA) Accepted $50K saying, "...money talks and bullshit walks." Sentenced to 3 years and was expelled from the House.[93]Michael Myers (D-Pennsylvania) Received suspended six-month jail term after pleading no contest to disorderly conduct charged stemming from an incident at a Virginia bar in which he allegedly attacked a hotel security guard and a cashier.[111]Nicholas Mavroules (D-Massachusetts) was convicted of extortion, accepting illegal gifts and failing to report them on congressional disclosure and income tax forms. Mavroules pleaded guilty to fifteen counts in April 1993 and was sentenced to a fifteen-month prison term. (1993) [67][68]Raymond Lederer (D-PA) "I can give you me" he said after accepting $50K. Sentenced to 3 years.[92]Richard T. Hanna (D-CA), convicted in an influence-buying scandal. (1974)[124]Richard Tonry (D-Louisiana) pleaded guilty to receiving illegal campaign contributions.[113]Robert Frederick Collins (D), Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, was convicted of bribery and sentenced to six years, ten months. (1991)[167]Robert Garcia (D-NY) sentenced to 2½ years.[98]Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) US Senator, drove his car into the channel between Chappaquiddick Island and Martha's Vineyard, killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended sentence of two months (1969)[129]Thomas F. Johnson (D-Maryland) was convicted of conspiracy and conflict of interest regarding the receipt of illegal gratuities.[136]Thomas J. Lane (D-Massachusetts) convicted for evading taxes on his congressional income. Served 4 months in prison, but was re-elected three more times.[138] before his 1962 defeat due to re-districting. (1956) [139]Thomas Porteous (D), Federal Judge of the U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana was impeached, convicted and removed from office December 8, 2010, on charges of bribery and lying to Congress. (2010)[160][161]Wade Sanders (D), Deputy Assistant United States Secretary of the Navy, for Reserve Affairs, was sentenced to 37 months in prison on one charge of possession of child pornography. (2009)[43][44][45]Walter Fauntroy (D-District of Columbia) was convicted of filing false disclosure forms to hide unauthorized income.[61]Walter Nixon (D) Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate for perjury November 3, 1989.[168]William J. Jefferson (D-LA) was charged in August 2005 after the FBI seized $90,000 in cash from his home freezer. He was re-elected to the House in 2006, but lost in 2008. He was convicted November 13, 2009, of 11 counts of bribery and sentenced to 13 years in prison. (2009)[36] Jefferson's Chief of Staff Brett Pfeffer, was sentenced to 84 months for bribery. (2006) [37]RepublicansFrank Horton (New York politician) (R-NY) Pleaded guilty to Driving While Intoxicated (arrested at 105 mph) served 11 days jail(1976)[116][117]Albert Fall (R) Secretary of the Interior who was bribed by Harry F. Sinclair for control of the Teapot Dome federal oil reserves in Wyoming. He was the first U.S. cabinet member to ever be convicted; he served two years in prison. (1922) [150]Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA) US Representative was convicted of accepting bribes. He served one year in prison. (1977)[114][115]Bill Janklow (R-SD) was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for running a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist. Resigned from the House and given 100 days in the county jail and three years probation. (2003)[41]Bob Ney (R-OH) pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements as a result of his receiving trips from Abramoff in exchange for legislative favors. Ney received 30 months in prison. (2007)[38]Bob Packwood (R-OR), 19 women accused him of sexual misconduct. He fought the allegations, but eventually, the US Senate Ethics Committee found him guilty of a "pattern of abuse of his position of power and authority” and recommended that he be expelled from the Senate. He resigned on Sept. 7, 1995.[52]Buz Lukens (R-Ohio) convicted of bribery and conspiracy.[57]Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, (R) Treasurer of the United States, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and tax evasion. (1992)[66]Charles Colson (R) Special Counsel to the President for Public Liaison, convicted of obstruction of justice. Served 7 months.Claude Allen (R) Director of the Domestic Policy Council, was arrested for a series of felony thefts in retail stores. (2006) He was convicted on one count and resigned soon after.[35]David Durenberger Senator (R-Minnesota) denounced by Senate for unethical financial transactions and then disbarred (1990). He pleaded guilty to misuse of public funds and given one year probation (1995) [70]David Safavian (R) Administrator for the Office of Management and Budget[27] where he set purchasing policy for the entire government.[28][29] He was found guilty of blocking justice and lying,[30] and sentenced to 18 months. (2008)[31][32]Dennis Hastert (R-IL) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives pleaded guilty in court for illegally structuring bank transactions related to payment of $3.5 million to quash allegations of sexual misconduct with a student when he was a high school teacher and coach decades ago.[11] (2016)Duke Cunningham (R-CA) pleaded guilty November 28, 2005, to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion in what came to be called the Cunningham scandal and was sentenced to over eight years in prison. (2005)[39]Dwight Chapin (R) Secretary to the President of the United States, convicted of perjury.Earl Butz (R) United States Secretary of Agriculture. He was charged with failing to report more than $148,000 in 1978. Butz pleaded guilty to the tax evasion charge and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation and was ordered to make restitution. He served 25 days behind bars before his release.[118][119]Edwin Reinecke (R-CA) convicted of perjury and sentenced to 18 months in prison as part of the Watergate investigation.Egil Krogh (R) United States Undersecretary of Transportation, sentenced to six months.Elliott Abrams (R) Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, convicted of withholding evidence. Given 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush.[86]Ernest K. Bramblett (R-California) Received a suspended sentence and a $5,000 fine in 1955 for making false statements in connection with payroll padding and kickbacks from congressional employees.[140]General David Petraeus (R)[8] Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. On April 23, 2015, a federal judge sentenced Petraeus to two years’ probation plus a fine of $100,000 for providing classified information to Lieutenant Colonel Paula Broadwell.(2015)[9]George V. Hansen (R-ID) censured for failing to fill out disclosure forms. Spent 15 months in prison.[101]George V. Hansen (R-ID) US Representative, first member of Congress to be convicted of violating a new 1971 campaign law requiring disclosure of financial contributions(1974)[132][133]Greg Gianforte (R-MT) pled guilty to charge of assault. (2017)[6][7]H. R. Haldeman (R) White House Chief of Staff, convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury. Served 18 months in prison.Harry E. Rowbottom, (R-IN) was convicted in Federal court of accepting bribes from persons who sought post office appointments. He served one year in Leavenworth.(1931)[147]Henry B. Cassel (R-Pennsylvania) was convicted of fraud related to the construction of the Pennsylvania State Capitol (1909).[153][154]J. Herbert Burke (R-FL) pleaded guilty to disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest, and nolo contendere to an additional charge of witness tampering. He was sentenced to three months plus fines.(1978)[108]J. Irving Whalley (R-Pennsylvania) Received suspended three-year sentence and fined $11,000 in 1973 for using mails to deposit staff salary kickbacks and threatening an employee to prevent her from giving information to the FBI.[105]J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey): a member of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), was convicted of salary fraud and given an 18-month sentence and a fine, resigning from Congress in 1950. He was imprisoned in Danbury Prison with two of the Hollywood Ten he had helped put there. After serving his 18 months he was pardoned by Truman (D) in 1952.[142]James F. Hastings (R-New York), convicted of kickbacks and mail fraud, he also took money from his employees for personal use. Served 14 months at Allenwood penitentiary. (1976) [120]James Fred Hastings (R-NY) Resigned on January 20, 1976 after being convicted of kickbacks and mail fraud. He served 14 months at Allenwood penitentiary (1976).[120]James G. Watt (R) United States Secretary of the Interior 1981–1983, was charged with 25 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice. Sentenced to five years probation, fined $5,000 and 500 hours of community service[84]Jay Kim (R-CA) accepted $250,000 in illegal 1992 campaign contributions and was sentenced to two months house arrest. (1992)[71][72][73][74]John Dean (R) White House Counsel, convicted of obstruction of justice, later reduced to felony offenses and served 4 months.John Ehrlichman (R) former White House Counsel, convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury. Served 18 months in prison.John Hicklin Hall (R) US District Attorney for Oregon appointed by President McKinley, convicted of not prosecuting suspects and then blackmailing them later during the Oregon land fraud scandal(1903)[157][81]John Hipple Mitchell Senator (R-Oregon) was involved with the Oregon land fraud scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted while a sitting U.S. Senator. (1905) [155]John N. Mitchell (R) former United States Attorney General, convicted of perjury.[126]John W. Langley (R-KY) Resigned from the US Congress in January 1926, after losing an appeal to set aside his conviction of violating the Volstead Act (Prohibition). He had also been caught trying to bribe a Prohibition officer. He was sentenced to two years, after which his wife Katherine G. Langley ran for Congress in his place and won two full terms.[148][149]Jon Hinson (R-MS) was arrested for having homosexual oral sex in the House of Representatives’ bathroom with a government staffer. Hinson, who was married, later received a 30-day jail sentence, and a year's probation, on condition that he get counseling and treatment. At the time, homosexual acts were criminalized, even between consenting adults. He then resigned his seat and began working as a gay rights advocate.(1981) [106][107]Joseph R. Burton Senator (R-Kansas) was convicted of accepting a $2500 bribe in 1904.[156]Lester Crawford (R) Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, resigned after 2 months. Pleaded guilty to conflict of interest and received 3 years suspended sentence and fined $90,000. (2006) [34]Lewis Libby (R) Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (R). 'Scooter' was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Plame Affair on March 6, 2007 and was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000. His sentence was commuted by George W. Bush (R) on July 1, 2007. (2007)[33]Mark E. Fuller (R) U.S. District Judge was found guilty of domestic violence and sentenced to 24 weeks of family and domestic training and forced to resign his position. (2015)[21][22][23]Martin B. McKneally (R-New York) Placed on one-year probation and fined $5,000 in 1971 for failing to file income tax return. He had not paid taxes for many years prior.[131]Maurice Stans (R) United States Secretary of Commerce, pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the reporting sections of the Federal Election Campaign Act and two counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions and was fined $5,000.(1975)[128]Michael Deaver (R) White House Deputy Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan 1981–85, pleaded guilty to perjury related to lobbying activities and was sentenced to 3 years probation and fined $100,000 [87]Michael Grimm (R-NY) pleaded guilty of felony tax evasion. This was the fourth count in a 20-count indictment brought against him for improper use of campaign funds. The guilty plea had a maximum sentence of three years; he was sentenced to eight months in prison. (2015)[12][13]Michael J. Hogan (R-NY) was convicted of bribery and sentenced to a year and a day in a Federal Penitentiary.(1935)[146]Pat Swindall (R-GA) convicted of 6 counts of perjury. (1989) [99][100]Richard Kelly (R-FL) Accepted $25K and then claimed he was conducting his own investigation into corruption. Served 13 months.[91]Richard Kleindienst (R) United States Attorney General, convicted of "refusing to answer questions" given one month in jail.Rick Renzi (R-AZ) was found guilty on 17 of 32 counts against him June 12, 2013, including wire fraud, conspiracy, extortion, racketeering, money laundering and making false statements to insurance regulators. (2013)[17]Robert Archbald (R) U.S. Commerce Court Judge of Pennsylvania, was convicted of corruption in 1912.[152]Samuel B. Kent (R), Federal District Judge of the Galveston Division of the U.S. Southern District of Texas, was sentenced May 11, 2009, to 33 months in prison for having lied about sexually harassing two female employees. (2009) [165]Scott Bloch (R) United States Special Counsel. pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of Congress for "willfully and unlawfully withholding pertinent information from a House Committee investigating his decision to have several government computers wiped ..."[24][25] On June 24, 2013, U. S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins sentenced Bloch to one day in jail and two years' probation, and also ordered him to pay a $5000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service.(2010) [26]Senior Federal U.S. District Court Judge Jack Camp (R) was arrested in an undercover drug bust while trying to purchase cocaine from an FBI agent. Judge Jack T. Camp resigned his position after pleading guilty to three criminal charges. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 400 community service hours and fined. (2010)[162][163][164]Spiro Agnew (R) Former Vice President of the United States, convicted of income-tax evasion.[127]Steve Stockman (R-TX) was convicted of fraud. (2018)[2]Trey Radel (R-FL) was convicted of possession of cocaine in November 2013. As a first-time offender, he was sentenced to one year probation and fined $250. Radel announced he would take a leave of absence, but did not resign. Later, under pressure from a number of Republican leaders, he announced through a spokesperson that he would resign. (2013)[14][15][16]Walter E. Brehm (R-Ohio) convicted of accepting contributions illegally from one of his employees. Received a 15-month suspended sentence and a $5,000 fine.[141]Wes Cooley (R-OR), was convicted of having lied on the 1994 voter information pamphlet about his service in the Army. He was fined and sentenced to two years probation (1997)[53] After leaving office, Cooley was convicted of income tax fraud connected to an investment scheme. He was sentenced to one year in prison and to pay restitution of $3.5 million to investors and $138,000 to the IRS.[54]William Lorimer Senator (R-IL), The 'blond boss of Chicago' was found guilty of accepting bribes in 1912.[151]

This Republic Day we witnessed ten leaders from ASEAN countries attending the ceremony. A show of power and leadership of PM Modi. This showing of power is on the backdrop of how India’s image has changed in last few years. We have seen India’s image changing in both World and domestic front. So let’s have a look at how the 3years of Modiji’s government has changed India as we know it-Has the Modi Government successful in appealing Global focus?The flag hoisting and parade ceremony on Republic day have always been seen as a show of power. The tradition of inviting chief guests is also a part of that process. As we celebrate our 69th republic, we should also contemplate the significance of the attendance of ten Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders in the VIP gallery on Rajpath. The attendance signifies the importance of India in ASEAN countries and the growing power in international circles.India has entered three groups of arms dealing in as many years. It is closing on a membership in Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG). The obstacle being China, who refused the entry, as India is a not a signatory of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This intervention is also a sign of China being varied of growing power of India. They have also seen the passive aggression of India on Dokhlam issue.Read more: Modi Government: Here Is How It Has Performed Till Now!This aggressive gesture of India on the international stage was even seen when we pushed for a Yoga Day. PM Modi in his initial days pushed for a Yoga Day being declared and succeeded in his pursuit. The unanimous declaration of International Yoga Day in UN General Assembly is an achievement of India.Yoga, cultural heritage of India is now given an International recognition every 21st of June.Another example of this aggression is the evacuation of Indian citizens stranded in Yemen. The operation Raahat was done in absolute secrecy and is said to be done under the supervision of Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Retd. Gen. VK Singh. The aggression is also sometimes directed towards terrorist. Two surgical strikes in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Myanmar are the proof of it.Has the Modi government fared well in curbing corrupt NGOs ?Although we have seen India’s stature rising on the international stage, we have seen equal criticism too . Since 2014, almost 33,000 NGO’s have lost their Foreign Contributions Registrations Act (FCRA) licenses. Many of them lost it because Home Ministry alleged that they were flouting norms, thus their licenses are revoked.The process of cancellation of FCRA licenses was part of a review done by Home Ministry on workings of NGO. The review was started by Ministry in 2015 and was focused on the funding of NGO’s and their financial records. The continuing process also saw many cancellations of licenses when NGO’s were not able to produce their financial statements. The review and cramp down attracted criticism by NGO’s as well as from the International community.NGO’s play an important role in society by providing social services and crank down like this discourage them.The argument by the government is that NGO’s were flouting norms by using the money received inappropriately. They supported this by citing examples non-compliances of several of NGO’s on the rules of submission of financial reports. The new rules stated that NGO’s had to submit annual reports under as many as five categories depending upon their work. The non-compliance resulted in the cancellation of licenses. Though the initiative of the government is to eliminate the corruption in NGO’s they are also hampering a system which provides valuable services to the underprivileged section of Domain Registered at Safenames Modi Government successful in fighting age old patriarchy prevalent in our society ?One of the major changes in society has been the talk about the rights of women taking a center stage and recognition. The recent movement around this started with agitations by women regarding entry into inner sanctums of several religious places. The victory followed their movement. The Supreme Court taking reorganization of this inequality faced by women and has ordered clearly that women should be allowed to enter inner sanctums and even premises in some cases and no discrimination is to be tolerated in this regard.Triple Talaq : An achievement for Modi Government?The movement then soon shifted to the issue of triple talaq. The rights of Muslim women being violated by the triple talaq system had come into light before as well but had been always subsided by politics or societal pressure. This time though we witnessed a strong political sympathy towards Muslim women and their rights from almost all the parties. The society as a large also supported their cause. The verdict of Supreme to abolish it was welcomed and the Modi government acted quite swiftly on it.Read more: How Has Modi’s ‘Make In India’ Campaign Performed By Now?The Triple Talaq bill was passed by Lok Sabha in winter session but is pending in Rajya Sabha as Congress raised a few doubt about it. The swiftness though of government was quite noticeable. Modi government has always said that they are here for good governance and in this particular matter they did fulfill their promise.Another shining point in the Modi government is the appointment of Nirmala Sitharaman as defense minister. The appointment is a progressive step as she earned her post and deservedly got it. Her performance as a Minister of MSME was great. The departure of Manoher Parriker left a position for grabs and it did go to the deserving candidate. She is only the second and in some sense first Women Defence Minister as Indira Gandhi held the position as an additional charge. This also marks the first time when the top four posts in the government are shared by both genders equally. The top four posts consist of the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Defence Minister, out of which Defence Ministry is with Nirmala Sitharman and Sushma Swaraj is handling Foreign Ministry.The twitter governance- Boon or Bane ?Sushma Swaraj as a foreign minister has to be also credited for bringing governance and grievance solving to a social media platform. She is one of the first ministers alongside former Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu who used twitter very efficiently. Her twitter handle @SushmaSwaraj is quite buzzed with tweets from people looking for solutions to their problems. She has now become famous for taking recognizance of serious petitions on Twitter and even acting on them. She famously landed a helping hand towards a cancer-battling child from Pakistan and even made a policy of same.For her new kind of diplomacy, she even got featured in Foreign Policy magazines top global thinkers list, but as we have seen that using social media also comes with its bane. Sushmaji is also criticized for blocking her critics on Twitter. The famous example being the Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa, who was repeatedly questioning her on whereabouts of 39 missing Indian nationals in http://Yemen.Is it true that Railways experienced great success under Modi Government ?Another person who utilized the social media for governance was Suresh Prabhu. The former Railway minister made Twitter a tool for more open governance. His famous commitment to resolving every problem posted on railways handle stood true on many occasion and garnered his praises. His pro-activeness towards cleanliness in coaches was also noted worthy. In his tenure, he even started a service regarding the same. Clean my coach app and the site was launched by him for reporting dirty coaches in trains and promised to clean them during the journey as well.He is also credited with bringing the railways budget in the foray of the financial budget but his tenure was plagued with rail accidents. His successor Piyush Goyal too has picked up his habit and is resolving complaints posted on Twitter. He even managed to start a special refrigerated goods train for AMUL in less than two months. In September of 2017, Amul had proposed on twitter a business proposition. They proposed transporting their product through a refrigerated train to Delhi. Piyush Goyal saw the suggestion on Twitter and acted on it. The result, a train leaving Palanpur station on November 11 with Amul products on it for Delhi.Modiji ki “Mann Ki Baat” – A greater step for greater Democracy ?PM Modi is also not far behind in using internet for governance. He is actually ahead of his cabinet colleagues. PM Modi’s application NarendraModi has been downloaded over 50, 00,000 times. Not to mention he is also the most followed politician of India on twitter. But more than on Twitter and on his app, he uses the age Radio for communication.Read more: The Biggest U-Turns Of Narendra Modi GovernmentWe get to listen to him every month on All India Radio and it has become quite famous also. BJP used this even in their election rallies. The programme though is not that political in itself. Mann ki Baat is actually a reminder of changes and bright spots in our country that Prime minister shares with us. Though we would like to listen more of PM Modi in interviews and answering some questions from journalists, we can get by this venture his also.Interestingly the show is also a profitable venture for All India Radio (AIR). In the year’s 2015-17 they earned over 10 crores from the show, as advertisers wanted the spot around the show’s timing to reach a mass audience, who tunes to Radio to listen to PM.Digitalisation of economy – Has Modi Government achieved its dream of a cashless society ?Another pet project of PM is the goal of cashless society. While announcing demonetization, he did not mention this goal of his but soon enough he got around it. For the past year or so, the government has been pushing for this goal. Demonetisation played a big role in pushing people in direction of digital payment and the subsequent society has accepted it as well.When we go out today for shopping and even to our local Kirana store we see Paytm or card accepted signs. This change is to be credited to PM Modi and his efforts. Though we are still a heavily depended society on the cash-based transactions, the move to the cashless transaction is there to be seen.Has India MODIfied ?The change is about turning back to radio for broadcast or a trend of Twitter and cashless transaction, the last three years have been full of these changes. We have just celebrated our 69th Republic Day and are looking towards completion of tenure of PM Modi. Though we are still a year away from 2019 elections, the changes in society have to be reviewed now. For, as we come closer to elections we would see more of show-offs and counter shows than actual changes.Read more – Does India Need A Presidential Form Of Government?In the last three years, we have had GST and demonetization along with Triple Talaq and twitter governance. We have also listened to Mann ki Baat on multiple occasions along with shouts of Karni Sena. The changes in society under PM Modi have been a mixed result. The jury is still out on it and the judgment will only be known in 2019.This article has been excerted from https://www.electiontamasha.in/i...follow the blog for Indian Political Analysis. Looking forward to your opinions as well.1.8k Views · View UpvotersUpvote · 27DownvoteRecommendedAllShyam Aatawala (श्याम आटावाला), Quora addicted guy...Updated Jan 24I had personal experience. I want to share with you guys:No 1. Big AchievementI requested a Tower for cell phones and it is there in my small village now :As suggested by Jayadev, I am adding more details to authenticate my answer Village Name is Aata, It is a small village in the Dist of Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh.One morning in the Office I was reading the news and which related to poor conditions in a govt school. A student aged around 11 years wrote a letter to PM Modi. Within a week that Dist Collector went to school and all work is done as requested by the http://student.So, I was happy that Govt is really working. Then I thought I should also write a letter about the problems which my villagers are facing. (Even I am staying in Bangalore).I wrote a letter to PM Modi Online(via Write to PM option) saying that in my Village we do not have any Network for Mobile so that we can not use the Internet. I mentioned that there are so many students who can use Internet for their study also. I got a reference number on the screen and an SMS on my phone, I waited for few days but didn’t got reply. I forgot.1 Month laterI got a call from the near by BSNL head Office and told politely that Sir, we received a complaint forwarded by PMO and our senior Officer want to talk to you tomorrow. Next day a Senior Officer called me and asked me about the location of my village and near by Towers. Then he told “We will send our Engineer for survey and will let you know about the progress.” And also they told because less number of users, we will put medium tower not a Big one and It will cover your near by villages.” So, I thought it was ok because something is better than nothing.In Next few months, on 26th January they Inaugurated a tower (not in my village but near village) that covers network in my village too. Even it was small.Everyone was happy and no one knows till now who requested for the Tower because I didn’t tell it to anyone :)No 2. Related to Railway instant service in Sleeper class alsoI was travelling with my friend from Hyderabad (Kachiguda) to Bhopal and just after 5 mins train left from station. One of Co-passengers dropped a cup of tea(by mistake) which made the floors floor dirty with mud. Everyone was feeling bad, but no one had any idea about how to make it clean. Then I used a service which was launched by govt recently Clean My Coach service and its absolutely free. I sent one message with my PNR number. I got an SMS with complaint number and one reference number which I need to share with concerned person who’ll resolve that issue and within 15 mins, one guy came and asked about the complaint. Then I told to clean the floor where someone dropped the tea and He cleaned full coach’s floor and later he asked me for the reference number which he need to submit and confirm that he has resolved that issue.I can say Its India is changing under PM ModiIf you are not a frequent traveller of Indian Railways, You can tweet to Railway ministry 24/7 and you can get help within 10–15 mins. Just mention @RailMinIndia in your tweet and they will take care of your issues and suggestions.