Punjab: Congress urges guv to get pending CAG reports tabled

Punjab Congress leaders met Governor Kataria to address concerns over pending CAG audit reports for 2023-25 not presented to the assembly.

A delegation of the Punjab Congress legislature party, led by leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, on Monday met governor Gulab Chand Kataria, and raised the issue of the pending Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit reports that have not been presented in the state assembly.

Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, along with other Congress leaders, speaking with mediapersons after submitting a memorandum to the Governor at Punjab Lok Bhavan in Chandigarh on Monday. (PTI)

After the meeting, Bajwa said the Congress delegation apprised the governor about the constitutional concerns arising from CAG Audit Reports for the financial years 2023–24 and 2024–25 not being presented in the vidhan sabha.

“The Constitution mandates that the reports of the CAG relating to the accounts of a state must be placed before the state legislature. Without these audited financial documents, meaningful scrutiny of the government’s financial management by the assembly cannot take place,” Bajwa said.