Report doesn’t indict CM,only mentions procedural wrongdoings: Delhi Govt

The CAG report has pointed out serious irregularities in various projects undertaken by the government.

The Delhi Government defended Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit after the CAG report on the Commonwealth Games was presented in Parliament today,saying the auditor had not indicted Dikshit but only pointed out certain procedural wrongdoings.

Within hours of the CAG report being tabled in Lok Sabha,top Delhi Government sources said no charge has been made against the Chief Minister.

The CAG has only pointed out certain procedural wrongdoings. This is not an indictment.

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The CAG report has pointed out serious irregularities in various projects undertaken by the government in the run up to the Commonwealth Games in October last year.

The CAG cannot indict anyone. It is only an auditor. The report will now go to the Public Accounts Committee and only the decision taken by the committee is considered significant, the sources said.

The CAG audited the expenses and pointed towards certain wrong decisions,the sources said,adding the chief minister has not been charged with corruption.

Earlier,Dikshit said she will comment on the report only after going through it.

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How can I comment? We will have to read the report. Let me go through it, she said.

She also refused to comment on the Opposition’s demand for her resignation.

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