LG orders probe in AAP's '18 coaching aid scheme

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena has ordered the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to probe alleged irregularities amounting to ₹145 crore in the Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana run by the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, state home minister Ashish Sood said on Wednesday.

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Addressing a press conference at the Delhi Secretariat, Sood said the LG's order came on the recommendation of chief minister Rekha Gupta to initiate an investigation into the alleged irregularities. CM Gupta said the budget for the scheme was only ₹15 crore, but the AAP government pushed forward files with “fake bills” worth ₹145 crore.

“The budget for this scheme was only ₹15 crore, but the AAP government pushed forward files with fake bills amounting to over ₹145 crore...Claims were made in the name of Dalit children who were supposed to receive coaching, without documents, applications without signatures, and the claims of many institutions were found to be 100% fake. The ACB will now investigate these financial irregularities,” the CM said in a post on X.