Delhi L-G orders probe into ‘discrepancies’ in power subsidy by AAP, seeks report in 7 days
India Today
The L-G Secretariat has claimed that a complaint was received against Jasmine Shah, the chairman of the Delhi Dialogue Commission, and Naveen Gupta, the son of AAP Rajya Sabha MP ND Gupta.
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena asked the chief secretary to question the Aam Aadmi Party-led government's 'irregularities and discrepancies' in the power subsidy given by the Delhi government to BSES discoms. L-G Saxena has sought a report on the alleged irregularity in seven days.
L-G Secretariat has claimed that a complaint was received against Jasmine Shah, who is the chairman of the Delhi Dialogue Commission, and Naveen Gupta, the son of AAP Rajya Sabha MP ND Gupta.
The Delhi governor has questioned why the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) order dated February 19, 2018, directing the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to pay electricity subsidies to consumers through DBT, has not been implemented till now.
The order had inter alia stated that the GNCTD may consider transferring power subsidies to the beneficiaries as is already being done by the government in the matter of distribution of LPG subsidies. This, the DERC has said, will obviate the need for conducting any audit.
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The L-G Secretariat received a complaint raising several issues of impropriety and discrepancies in the power subsidy matter. The complainant has alleged that a massive scam was effected by Jasmine Shah and Naveen Gupta and that the Kejriwal government had appointed directors of private DISCOMS, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd. (BRPL) & BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. (BYPL), owned by Anil Ambani Group. The Delhi government owns 49% shares in these private DISCOMS.
The complainants, a collective of eminent lawyers, jurists and law professionals, have alleged that in a classic case of corruption:
