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Cong alleges Rs 382 cr scam in health sector in Delhi under AAP govt

Cong alleges Rs 382 cr scam in health sector in Delhi under AAP govt

New Delhi, Jan 22 (UNI) The Congress on Wednesday levelled serious allegation of corruption against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing the party-led Delhi government of a “scam of Rs 382 crore” in the health sector.

Addressing the media at the Delhi Congress headquarters here, senior party leader Ajay Maken alongwith Delhi Congress chief Devendra Yadav while citing CAG report said, “In more than 240 pages of the report, the CAG critically evaluated the performance of Delhi government in public health infrastructure”.

Claiming that, 14 CAG reports were to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly, Maken said, “The reports did not see the light of day due to a slinging match between the Chief Minister and the LG and an attempt to conceal corruption and delay, which the CAG has exposed in Delhi”.

“The CAG report says that only three hospitals were built in Delhi in the last 10 years. One of these is an extension and was started during the Congress regime,” he said.

The senior Congress leader also alleged that Rs 314 crores were wasted in building the Indira Gandhi Hospital, Rs 41 crores in building the Burari Hospital, and Rs 26 crores in building the Maulana Azad Hospital.

Maken claimed that according to CAG between 2007-15, fifteen plots were acquired by Delhi government, but no work was carried out in these plots.

“Of the money received for infrastructure projects from 2016-17 to 2021-22, Rs 2,623 crore remained unspent and later lapsed,” he alleged.

The senior Congress leader said that during the Covid pandemic, Kejriwal received Rs 635 crore from the central government, out of which he failed to spend Rs 360 crore, while at that time, people in Delhi were yearning for oxygen and beds.

Maken further alleged that there was shortage of manpower in Delhi public health including 21 percent shortage of nursing staff , 30 percent vacancies in 19 categories of paramedic staff and 30 percent shortage in specialist doctors.
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