The Maharashtra government has formed a committee to conduct a thorough audit of the financial transactions undertaken by Mumbai’s civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), over the past 25 years, State Minister Uday Samant announced on Tuesday.

Addressing reporters in Mumbai, Samant revealed that the decision to form the committee stemmed from concerns raised during a legislative assembly discussion on Monday focused on the functioning of civic bodies. Legislators expressed apprehensions about BMC's finances, prompting doubts and questions about its transactions spanning the last quarter-century.