Ruckus in House; CAG reports on AAP tenure to be referred to PAC
The Delhi Assembly witnessed significant disruption as the government moved to refer CAG audit reports regarding the previous AAP administration to the Public Accounts Committee. The reports allege financial mismanagement and irregularities in power subsidies and capital expenditure.
Why it matters
The referral of audit reports to the PAC signals an escalation in political accountability efforts and inter-party conflict regarding past fiscal governance.
Dramatic scenes unfolded in the Assembly on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta citing findings from two Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports on “irregularities” during the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tenure.
She said her government has been spraying “pesticides” to improve the system infested by “termites”.
Earlier in the day, several Opposition MLAs, who were sloganeering against the “rice scam” and demanding a debate over the alleged irregularities in the procurement and sale of subsidised rice meant for the poor, were marshalled out of the House.
Ruling party MLAs accused AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar of throwing rice in the well of the House while he was being marshalled out.
“I was wearing a kurta. It must have fallen out of my pocket when they lifted me,” he said and accused Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh of making “anti-Dalit” remarks.
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