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AAP’s Bharadwaj alleges ₹22,000-crore rice scam in Delhi
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday alleged a ₹22,000-crore scam in the diversion of subsidised rice meant for Delhi’s poor. He said the city government’s food department, headed by BJP minister Manjinder…
The Story in Brief
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday alleged a ₹22,000-crore scam in the diversion of subsidised rice meant for Delhi’s poor. He said the city government’s food department, headed by BJP minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, requested 31,000 metric tonnes of rice per week from the Food Corporation of India. The rice was supposedly to go to an Assam-based corporation, but Bharadwaj claimed it was instead sold to a private firm in Haryana. He pegged the weekly value of the alleged diversion at ₹143 crore and said the Centre’s vigilance wing detected the arrangement. Neither the Delhi government nor the FCI had responded as of Sunday afternoon. This is the third corruption charge the AAP has levelled against the Rekha Gupta government in three months.
The Indian Opinion
Such allegations are now a fixture in Delhi’s political slugfest, but the numbers here demand attention. If central vigilance actually identified the diversion, the BJP-led Delhi government cannot dismiss this as mere opposition mudslinging. The test will be whether the government provides a clear denial with supporting data or orders a formal inquiry. The claim of 31,000 metric tonnes a week is verifiable against FCI records, let’s see the reply.
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
