Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that the findings of a recent audit report that talk of purported irregularities in the State’s nutrition programme for women and children were not final, and attacked the Congress for alleged irregularities during its tenure (2018-20).
“This is not the final report of the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General). This is a preliminary report, on which the [Women and Child Development] department is yet to present its side. Congress took action to withdraw the nutritional food plants from women self-help groups. An amount of [₹]35 crores was stopped for providing sub-par nutritional level during the Congress regime,” tweeted Mr. Chouhan.
The Congress has been attacking the Madhya Pradesh Government over the issue, seeking Mr. Chouhan’s resignation. Others, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC), have also been turning on the heat on the issue of irregularities in the distribution of rations. In another tweet, Mr. Chouhan also attacked the AAP saying that the party under Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had failed to present the CAG’s report in the Delhi Assembly since four years.
