The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday slammed the BJP-ruled Central Government, saying as per the report of the 'Comptroller and Auditor General' (CAG), it has given 23 per cent less funds
to the Delhi Government for the infrastructural development.
Citing the CAG report, AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said the Delhi Government owes no outstanding amount to the municipal Corporations. Instead, it is the MCDs who owe nearly four thousand crore rupees to the Delhi government, he said, adding that the loans amounting to Rs 38,14.89 cr were outstanding against the three municipal corporations as on March 31,2018, according to a CAG) report released on Monday.
Bharadwaj said that loans amounting to Rs 2,037.54 cr were outstanding against North Delhi Municipal Corporation as on March 31, 2018, followed by east Corporation Rs 1,395.90 crore and South Corporation Rs 381.45 crore towards the Delhi Government.
He said that the AAP has always maintained that the Delhi Government not only gives sufficient funds to the MCDs but also excess funds from time to time. Earlier, the MCDs have also moved courts but the courts rejected their claims of fund crunch, he added.
Terming it the major setback to the BJP, he said "India's highest audit agency CAG which comes under the Central Government stated that the Delhi Government has given not only sufficient funds but also excess funds to the MCDs. "CAG has also observed that all the three MCDs have huge debts towards the Delhi Government," he said.
"The Delhi Government has relentlessly worked for the development of Delhi. The AAP Government has provided facilities like free wifi, free electricity till 200 unit, better health care, better education, and free ride for women in buses, free pilgrimage of the senior citizens, free water, 24 hours availability of electricity and many other benefits despite fewer funds," he added.