After the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) released a report alleging fraud and siphoning of funds by the West Bengal government, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on February 2 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that the allegations were false and her government had provided all utilisation certificates.
The sanction orders issued by various Ministries of the Government of India clearly stated that “there are no pending Utilisation Certificates of the preceding period”, she mentioned in the letter.
“Hence, it is really shocking to note that the high office of reputed Constitutional institution like the C&AG could make such observations which are incorrect and have been made without application of due diligence and examination of the procedures for submission of Utilisation Certificates as per Government of India guidelines,” she said.
