Congress demands probe after CAG flags irregularities in BharatNet project
The Hindu
Says crores siphoned off, links ouster of Ravi Shankar Prasad from MEITY
Flagging a preliminary report by the Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG), the Congress on Saturday claimed that large scale corruption is the primary reason for shunting out Ravi Shankar Prasad from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY). In its preliminary finding, the CAG has said the Narendra Modi government’s BharatNet programme, which intends to connect six lakh villages with high-speed Internet, failed to take off due to financial irregularities. At a press conference on Saturday, senior Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera demanded an independent, high-level, time-bound enquiry into the findings.
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