AAP says discoms denying access to account books, lashes out at Cong, BJP
30 Jun 2014 3:51 AM IST
The Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that even six months after the Arvind Kejriwal government ordered a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of the power discoms in Delhi, they are denying access of their account books to the CAG.
The party has also cautioned the people of Delhi against a joint conspiracy hatched by the BJP and the Congress to prevent the audit of the account books of private power distribution companies by CAG, which may expose the large scale frauds committed by these discoms over the past decade.
‘It is a matter of shame that CAG has been forced to ask the Delhi administration to be “proactive” in ensuring that the discoms cooperate in the audit. This is a clear evidence that the absence of an elected government in Delhi is being utilised to thwart the audit, which can call the bluff of these discoms,’ a statement released by AAP stated.
The statement goes on to say that following the resignation of the Kejriwal government on 14 February, thee discoms have been helped by first the Congress-led UPA government and now the BJP-led NDA’s central government in their nefarious designs.
AAP has attributed Congress’ reluctance in allowing the audit of discoms to proceed to the allegation that the former Sheila Dikshit government was hand in glove with the discoms and helped them in repeatedly hiking the electricity tariffs in a completely unjustified manner over the last decade.
‘The Shiela Dikshit government was a partner in crime and allowed the discoms to make hefty profits at the cost of the common man and even opposed the audit of their account books on false pretexts, since it would have exposed both of them,’ it said.
‘What is extremely shocking is that the Narendra Modi-led central government, which is now indirectly controlling the national capital through the Lieutenant Governor, is equally hesitant in sternly telling these discoms that they have no option than to cooperate with the CAG audit,’ the statement added.
It is the right of the people to know the results of the audit, which will result in electricity tariffs coming down in Delhi, and the central government and the L-G should not fail in their constitutional duty.
The party has also cautioned the people of Delhi against a joint conspiracy hatched by the BJP and the Congress to prevent the audit of the account books of private power distribution companies by CAG, which may expose the large scale frauds committed by these discoms over the past decade.
‘It is a matter of shame that CAG has been forced to ask the Delhi administration to be “proactive” in ensuring that the discoms cooperate in the audit. This is a clear evidence that the absence of an elected government in Delhi is being utilised to thwart the audit, which can call the bluff of these discoms,’ a statement released by AAP stated.
The statement goes on to say that following the resignation of the Kejriwal government on 14 February, thee discoms have been helped by first the Congress-led UPA government and now the BJP-led NDA’s central government in their nefarious designs.
AAP has attributed Congress’ reluctance in allowing the audit of discoms to proceed to the allegation that the former Sheila Dikshit government was hand in glove with the discoms and helped them in repeatedly hiking the electricity tariffs in a completely unjustified manner over the last decade.
‘The Shiela Dikshit government was a partner in crime and allowed the discoms to make hefty profits at the cost of the common man and even opposed the audit of their account books on false pretexts, since it would have exposed both of them,’ it said.
‘What is extremely shocking is that the Narendra Modi-led central government, which is now indirectly controlling the national capital through the Lieutenant Governor, is equally hesitant in sternly telling these discoms that they have no option than to cooperate with the CAG audit,’ the statement added.
It is the right of the people to know the results of the audit, which will result in electricity tariffs coming down in Delhi, and the central government and the L-G should not fail in their constitutional duty.
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