New Delhi, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor raised questions about the construction of classrooms and purchase of anti-pollution masks in Delhi by the AAP government and demanded answers for alleged financial irregularities.
Another Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee alleged that Delhi had become the “rape capital” under the Modi and Kejriwal governments.
“Aam Aadmi Party started off claiming to combat corruption. Would they care to explain where this money went?” Tharoor asked on Twitter.
He said that the Delhi government undertook the construction of 12,782 classrooms for a total expenditure of Rs 2,892 crore and sought to know how much a classroom cost.
Our people have estimated that all of this could have been done comfortably for a maximum spending of Rs 800 crore, whereas Rs 2,892 crore have been spent. Do we have a Rs 2,000-crore scam on our hands here?” he asked in a video posted on Twitter.
AAP didn’t respond to the allegations.
Tharoor also alleged financial irregularities in the AAP’s procurement of anti-pollution masks for schoolchildren.
“Did they charge the taxpayer all that they spent? Did they charge the taxpayer more than they should have spent?” he asked.
“Did they give the children anti-pollution masks that could actually protect them? These financial irregularities must be addressed forthwith.”
Tharoor accused AAP of spending more money on advertising than on development.
