L-G Jung forwards Delhi govt report on tanker scam to anti-corruption branch

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung has forwarded the Delhi government’s fact-finding report on the alleged Rs 400-crore tanker scam to the anti-corruption

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung has forwarded the Delhi government’s fact-finding report on the alleged Rs 400-crore tanker scam to the anti-corruption branch for further probe.

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The alleged scam happened between 2008 and 2011 when Sheila Dikshit was the chief minister. Jung also forwarded to the ACB leader of opposition Vijender Gupta’s complaint against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who according to the BJP leader deliberately kept sitting on the file for about 10 months, sources said.

“As requested by the government and the leader of opposition, the L-G has forwarded both the complaints for further probe,” said a senior official.

The government reacted sharply to Kejriwal’s name being dragged into the row. “The letter of BJP leaders alleged that the Delhi government was not taking action on the fact-finding report. How does the BJP know before hand what is there in the report. The matter is related to the previous government. The AAP govt inquired it and prepared the fact-finding report. How come that becomes an issue of corruption that L-G has forwarded it for probe,” said Delhi water minister Kapil Mishra.

The Delhi government had on Monday recommended that the Centre and the L-G should initiate either a CBI inquiry or an ACB probe against Dikshit in connection with the scam.

Mishra had written to the PM and the L-G and forwarded a copy of the fact-finding report.

The Delhi government’s 125-page preliminary report on the scam has copies of tenders, minutes of meeting and findings about the alleged role of some politicians and bureaucrats.

Diskhit was also the DJB chairperson during that time.

Mishra had handed over a copy of the report to Gupta on the floor of the assembly on Monday and challenged him to get an FIR registered against the Dikshit as the CBI and ACB reported to the BJP-led central government.

Moving a calling attention motion in the assembly, Gupta had alleged that the Delhi government was deliberately sitting on the report prepared by an empowered committee constituted by Mishra.

A delegation of BJP leaders, including Gupta, approached the L-G on Wednesday, demanding the inclusion of Kejriwal’s name in complaint. They said “he was guilty of protecting the persons involved in the scam as he sat over the file for 10 months”.

“Shiela Dikshit should be behind the bars now for corruption. The only barrier between Shiela and Tihar is her agents in BJP. We have filed 3 FIRs against her for various corruption cases and one in depth enquiry report which is with ACB now,” (sic) Mishra tweeted.