AAP: LG exchanged demonetised notes worth R1,400 crore

AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak on Monday alleged in Delhi Assembly that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had pressurised his employees to exchange demonetised notes worth Rs 1400 crore in 2016No reaction was immediately available from the LG office over the allegationsIt could further spur the relations between the ruling party and LG who last month recommended a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in Excise policy of Kejriwal governmentV K Saxena the Delhi LGldquoWhen he was KVIC chairman demonetisation happened and a cashier working there has given in writing that he was forced to carry out exchange of notes It is unfortunate that he was suspended There is a news report also and there are statements by the affected employeesrdquo Pathak saidldquoIn Delhi branch alone Rs 22 lakh was exchanged There are 7000 such branches across the country which means there was a scam of Rs 1400 crorerdquo said AAPThe AAP has demanded Saxenarsquos removal as the LG and a CBI and ED probeThey will stay overnight at the Delhi Assembly premises demanding a probe against Saxena party sources saidlsquoScam in education deptrsquoMeanwhile the BJP has alleged a scam in the Delhi education department saying the AAP government increased the budget for the construction of classrooms in its existing schools ignoring the guidelines Citing a Central Vigilance Commission report sent to the Delhi governmentrsquos vigilance department in 2020 the BJP said the city government hiked the construction cost by Rs 326 crore 5337 per cent more than the original tender amount without floating a new tenderKejriwal moves confidence motionCM Arvind Kejriwal on Monday tabled a confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly saying it was meant to prove that the BJPrsquos lsquoOperation Lotusrsquo failed in Delhi as all AAP MLAs are ldquohardcore honestrdquo He also claimed that the BJP will try to topple the Jharkhand govt in the next 15 days Criticising the confidence motion BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said it is a ldquomisuse of public money and resourcesrdquo as 62 of the 70 MLAs in the House belong to the AAP ldquoWho has asked for a confidence motion No onerdquo tweeted BJPrsquos Amit MalviyaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever