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CAG Report Stirs Up Political Storm in Bihar Ahead of Polls
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
|August 01, 2025
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has stirred up a political storm in Bihar, with Opposition leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav alleging financial irregularity, while deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary rejected the claims, countering that the figures largely relate to the period when Tejashwi was in the Grand Alliance government.
According to the CAG report tabled during the recently concluded monsoon session of the assembly, as of March 31, 2024, the state government had not received utilisation certificates for ₹70,877.61 crore and had failed to provide detailed contingent bills worth ₹9,205.76 crore to the CAG despite reminders. The government's failure to provide utilis
This story is from the August 01, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Nagapattinam.
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