Ramvir Singh Bidhuri's Press Conference Statement From February 14 2023, As The Opposition Leader In The Delhi Assembly

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri has said that the arrest of three persons in the Delhi Jal Board scam is not enough. An FIR should also be lodged against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in this scam because as the chairman of the Jal Board, he was fully aware of the scam.

Bidhuri said that in the year 2015, the Delhi Jal Board gave the authority to Corporation Bank to collect the bills of the Delhi Jal Board, but Corporation Bank gave this work to another company and the second company also gave it to a third company. Instead of depositing the cash and cheques received from the consumers with the Jal Board, the company deposited them in fake accounts. This scam was going on in Delhi Jal Board since 2015. There was a nexus between Jal Board officials, fund collector agents appointed by the Jal Board and the bank officials who embezzled hundreds of crores of rupees in this scam. Shri Yaser Jilani, Delhi BJP spokesperson was also present in the press conference.

According to Bidhuri, Chief Minister Kejriwal would have to give an explanation for why the bank's contract was not cancelled after the scandal was discovered. How, after the scam was exposed in 2018, did the bank's contract still last until 2020? Why did they raise his commission rather than do anything? Why did the situation not be reported to the police right away if he was sincere and did not have any greed?

He recommended sealing all of the Delhi Jal Board's finances and conducting a CAG audit. 22 letters from the CAG to the Delhi government on the audit have gone unanswered. It will be known only after the audit of accounts, whether it was a scam of Rs 20 crore or Rs 200 crore. Therefore, by registering an FIR against the Chief Minister, a deep investigation should be conducted into the entire matter.