The Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG's report was tabled by the Maharashtra Government in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The report was tabled by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, amidst demand for a probe by PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal into its leak. The report allegedly indicts senior politicians from the state.Making a personal clarification after the report was tabled, Mr. Bhujbal described the leak as a conspiracy to malign individuals and sought a probe, saying excerpts of the report that found way into the media, differ from the one seen by the Cabinet. He also questioned the authority of the federal auditor to question government's policy decisions.The Comptroller & Auditor General, CAG, has rapped the Maharashtra government for total lack of transparency in the selection of the Lavasa hill station project in Pune district. According to the report, the project nods were given without environmental and Cabinet approvals.The CAG report for the year ended March 31, 2011, which was tabled by the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in the Legislative Council, said though the government was required to supervise the activities of Lavasa Corporation Limited, LCL, they did not do so. The report said, in the absence of any public purpose being served, exemptions and concessions given to LCL were unwarranted and not in the public interest. Meanwhile, the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police will probe into the leak of the report into the media even before it was officially tabled in the Assembly. The probe report will be tabled in the next legislature session.
News On AIR | April 17, 2012 8:35 PM
Ajit Pawar tables CAG’s report in M’rashtra Assembly