Kejriwal’s residence expenditure row | CAG to conduct special audit into alleged irregularities in renovation
The Hindu
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India will conduct a special audit into the alleged administrative and financial irregularities in the renovation of the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence, officials at the L-G House said.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India will conduct a special audit into the alleged administrative and financial irregularities in the renovation of the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence, officials at the L-G House said on Tuesday.
According to officials, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had recommended a special audit by the CAG following a letter dated May 24 from L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena, who had pointed out “gross and prima facie financial irregularities” in the reconstruction of the Chief Minister’s official residence in the name of “addition or alteration”.
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The BJP earlier claimed that about ₹45 crore was spent on the “beautification” of the Delhi Chief Minister’s official residence in the city’s Civil Lines area and demanded his resignation on “moral” grounds.
(With PTI inputs)
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