Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta stated on Monday that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on health would be discussed in the legislative assembly, emphasizing that it would expose all the “scams” of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
“In today’s assembly session, we will discuss the CAG report on health, and all their scams will be revealed. The AAP has already been exposed before the people of Delhi. Today, everyone can see how AAP deceived them. They came to Delhi portraying honesty but engaged in unprecedented dishonesty,” ANI quoted the chief minister as saying.
She further mentioned that twelve more CAG reports are yet to be presented, and additional irregularities are expected to come to light.
According to the treasury bench’s list of business, the report titled Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services Relating to Government of NCT of Delhi, prepared by the CAG, will be debated in the assembly. MLAs will also have the opportunity to raise related matters under Rule-280 with the Chair’s permission.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Minister Ashish Sood criticized the AAP government’s handling of the city’s health and power infrastructure.
“With every page of the CAG report, more AAP government scams are surfacing. When the people of Delhi needed oxygen and Mohalla clinics, the Delhi government was busy constructing their Sheesh Mahal. The High Court and the CAG have made serious allegations about their so-called ‘mohalla clinics’ and health model. All MLAs will discuss this in detail today,” Sood told ANI.
The CAG report, tabled in the Assembly on Friday, revealed that the Delhi government failed to utilize ₹245 crore out of nearly ₹788 crore allocated by the Centre for emergency response during the Covid pandemic. Additionally, there were delays in releasing funds for vaccination efforts.
AAP MLAs Return to Assembly After Suspension
The tabling of the CAG report sparked a political confrontation between the BJP and the opposition AAP.
On February 25, tensions escalated in the Delhi Assembly when Speaker Vijender Gupta suspended AAP MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Atishi and Gopal Rai, following an uproar just before the report was tabled.
Atishi described the suspension as an injustice to the opposition and, in a letter to Speaker Vijender Gupta, urged him to uphold democratic values.
The MLAs were suspended for three days starting February 25, making March 3 their first return to the assembly since the suspension.
