The AAP on Thursday filed a complaint with the CBI alleging a big scam worth crores has taken place in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh in the implementation of a supplementary nutrition scheme.
Addressing a Press conference, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj cited findings of the accountant general's audit report and hinted at Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's involvement in it as the State Women and Child Welfare Department, which implemented the scheme, comes under him. Bharadwaj said the State Government's scheme having an outlay of Rs 2,500 crore pertained to providing "fortified food" to children in the age group of six months to three years, lactating mothers and girls who have dropped out of schools.
Terming the accountant general's audit findings "shocking", Bharadwaj said the registration numbers of the vehicles mentioned as trucks, which were used in the transportation of take-home ration under the supplementary nutrition scheme across 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh, turned out to be of "bikes, cars and water tankers".
"Such a big story of corruption is being run on TV channels since many days but no action has been taken by the CBI or the ED so far as the case is against a chief minister of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's own party (BJP). The department which implemented the schemes comes under Shivraj Singh Chouhan," he charged.
The prime minister should get the "scam" probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bharadwaj added.
AAP leader, Durgesh Pathak said that if there is any humanity left in PM Narendra Modi Government and if there is any truth in their fight against corruption which he talks about oftenly, he should sack Shivraj Singh Chauhan on moral and legal grounds.
“An FIR should be filed in this case and the matter should be investigated. There is no doubt that this is a major scam. It is not possible to distribute ration to 36 lakh girls against the recorded figure of only nine thousand. It is a super-scam and AAP demands thorough investigation in the matter,” said Pathak.
AAP Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Singh said that BJP’s scams are being unveiled day by day but the ED-CBI don’t even think about investigating them.
“If BJP doesn’t want investigation into scams, why does the ED-CBI exist? Is their only purpose harassing AAP leaders? BJP has committed a huge scam in the name of ration for the helpless in Madhya Pradesh so why isn’t the CBI raiding Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s house now? If PM Modi has even an ounce worth’s shame left in him he must direct the ED-CBI to probe the trail of Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s ration scam,” Singh questioned.
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