New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party government today forwarded files relating to the scam to the anti-corruption bureau and asked it to file an FIR against former CM Sheila Dikshit.The ACB would probe the alleged irregularities in a case related to the procurement of street lights at inflated prices.
Also, the Delhi government, Monday, wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking action against Sheila Dikshit for allegedly trying to gain political mileage by granting regularization certificates to unauthorized colonies in the Capital.
The Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee had blamed Sheila Dikshit and then Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna for procedural violations and inadequacies in executing projects related to the Commonwealth Games.
Kejriwal had earlier said he had proof of wrongdoings during CWG and had prepared a report but nobody was named in it. “In November 2010, I had prepared a 370-page report on the CWG scam which contains evidence on corrupt practices during CWG. It doesn’t mention any names. It was based on newspaper reports, he said.
Kejriwal had said that he would go ahead with the investigation into the scam unfazed by the fact that the Congress could pull out of the government. However, with his government now deciding to go ahead with the probe, the stage appears set for a showdown with the Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party is in power in Delhi with the Congress’s support.
Bureau Report
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