CAG should probe misuse of RDF funds: Bajwa


News-Patiala News Service
Chandigarh, January 12
Senior leader of Punjab Congress and Leader of Opposition in the Vidhan Sabha Pratap Singh Bajwa has written a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in which Mr. Bajwa has accused the alleged misuse of RDF funds in Punjab. Along with this, the funds released in the last two years have been demanded to be investigated by the CAG. Bajwa has alleged in the letter that a case has been registered in the month of December regarding misappropriation of funds by the Ferozepur police, but no one has been named in it.
Mr. Bajwa said that an amount of Rs. 4534 crore was released to Punjab under the 15th Finance Commission. This fund is further released to Panchayati Raj institutions. Out of this, a case of misappropriation of Rs 1.80 crore has come to light, which has been released to an industry. He said that the Ferozepur Police has registered a case in this regard, but no one’s name has been included in it. The senior Congress leader demanded from the Union Agriculture Minister that the CAG investigate the matter so that the truth can come out.

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