Mammoth mismanagement has surfaced in funds management under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in Uttar Pradesh. The Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has asked CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India) to audit the MGNREGA funds. Some Congress leaders including Congress(I) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi have vehemently criticized the state government for failure of the social welfare programme.
If probed genuinely, MGNREGA scam will overshadow all previous scams in the state, Sanjay Dixit - a member of the Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) has claimed. He said as per his findings, the size of NREGA scam in UP is worth over Rs. 10,000 crore.
"This includes payment of wages against fake job card holders and fake construction works; creating fictitious purchase invoices, payment to ghost firms against the procurement of various items including hybrid seeds, calendars and publicity material; purchase of instruments used by laborers for construction works and purchase of photo copy machines and computers," he said.
Substantiating the demand by the Union minister, state Congress president Rita Bahuguna-Joshi said, "The CM's office is directly involved in the scam. This is the reason that the Union minister has dared the state government to recommend CBI inquiry."
For quite some time, the Elephant’s dormant lies are turning into full-fledged declaration of autocracy in the most populous state of India. Quite a many mouth verdicts have been given - it’s time justice is done on paper.
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