Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) The West Bengal Government will be placing the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on the income and expenditures from the state exchequer on the floor of the Assembly on July 25, which will be the last day of the ongoing extended Budget Session of the House.
Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari made an announcement on this count while addressing the floor of the House on Wednesday afternoon while giving his reply on discussions on the budgetary allocation of the state home department, which is also under his control.
The announcement for placing the CAG report was made by the new state finance minister, Swapan Dasgupta, a journalist-turned-politician, while he was placing the state budget for proposals for the financial year 2026-27 on the floor of the House last month.
Finally, on Wednesday, the Chief Minister announced July 25 as the date when the CAG report will be tabled on the floor of the House.
“As development will happen, the question of accountability will also be established. No matter how great a leader you are, if your name is implicated in corruption, there will be an investigation,” said the Chief Minister after announcing the date of tabling of the CAG report.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Adhikari also said that in the next session of the House, there will be discussion on the CAG report and accordingly decisions will be taken based on that discussion.
“Corruption in any sphere will surface from the CAG report. Be it the Chief Minister, or minister, or any big leader, none will be spared and the state government will recommend to the Governor giving clearance to register an FIR against the ministers involved in corruption,” CM Adhikari said.
Recalling the alleged corruption in relief after the Amphan super-cyclone in 2020, the Chief Minister said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi then granted Rs 3,750 crore in two installments for Amphan relief.
“There was major corruption in the Amphan relief exercise. A Public Interest Litigation was also filed in the matter at Calcutta High Court. A special CAG investigation was conducted in the wake of that corruption. The report of that investigation was not made public, nor was it presented on the floor of the House. The investigation report recommended taking legal action against those who were accused. But no action was taken,” the Chief Minister said.
–IANS
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