The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday alleged that a “huge scam” worth crores has taken place in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh in the implementation of the supplementary nutrition scheme, and said it will file a complaint with the CBI. Addressing a press conference, AAP’s chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj cited the findings of the audit report of the Accountant General and indicated the involvement of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the state women and child welfare department, which has The plan was implemented, comes under them.
He said, ‘This is a big scam of crores. We are going to file a complaint with the CBI today for its investigation. Bhardwaj said the state government’s scheme with an outlay of Rs 2,500 crore pertains to providing “fortified meals” to children in the age group of six months to three years, lactating mothers and girls who have dropped out of schools.
Terming the findings of the Accountant General’s audit as “shocking”, the AAP leader said that the registration numbers of the vehicles mentioned as trucks, which were used in transporting take-home ration under the Supplemental Nutrition Scheme in 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh was the one who appeared. Having “motorcycles, cars and water tankers”. He said, “Such a big corruption story is being run on TV channels for many days but no action has been taken by CBI or ED yet as the case is against a Chief Minister of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s own party (BJP). The department implementing the schemes comes under Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Bhardwaj said the prime minister should get the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probed into the “scam”. The audit report of the Accountant General on the Take-Home Ration (THR) component of the supplementary nutrition program ‘Poshan-Aahar’ has sparked a political controversy in the state, with the Congress also alleging corruption in its implementation.
However, the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday denied any irregularities in the implementation of the scheme and said the audit report of the Accountant General on the program was “not final”.
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