"Will table CAG report in first session of Delhi Assembly": BJP's Vijender Gupta

New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks, BJP's winning candidate Vijender Gupta on Monday emphasized that the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report will be tabled in the first session of the Delhi Assembly.
"In the first session of the Delhi Assembly, we will table the CAG report (over expenses on renovation of Chief Minister's residence)," Gupta told ANI.
Further, on being asked about BJP's CM face for Delhi, Vijender Gupta said that the party high command will decide on this.
"All 48 MLAs are equal in the eyes of the party and any of them can be the CM," the BJP leader said.
Vijender Gupta won the Rohini Assembly seat by a huge vote margin of over 37,000 votes, defeating AAP candidate Pardeep Mittal.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Bansuri Swaraj also said that the party leadership will decide the CM face.
"BJP double-engine government will now be formed in Delhi. I thank and congratulate all of you. The party leadership will decide (the CM face)," Swaraj said.
On February 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of Delhi that the CAG report will be presented in the first assembly session as the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the government in the national capital.
"These AAP-da (disaster) people tried to put up various conspiracies every day to win the assembly election. But I guarantee that now the CAG report will be presented in the first assembly session, whoever has looted will have to return it," PM Modi said, addressing thousands of party supporters at their headquarters.
Notably, the CAG report revealed a significant revenue loss of Rs 2,026 crore due to irregularities in the Delhi government's excise policy. The report's findings stated that there were deviations from the objectives of the policy, a lack of transparency in pricing, and violations in issuing licenses that were not penalised.
Of the losses amounting to Rs 2,026 crore to the state exchequer, Rs 890 crore resulted from the government's failure to re-tender the surrendered licenses before the policy period concluded, according to the report. Additionally, the exemptions granted to the zonal licenses led to a loss of Rs 941 crore.
The BJP won the Delhi assembly election by a comfortable margin, winning 48 out of 70 assembly seats. The AAP saw a dismal performance this time, winning only 22 seats, a far cry from their 2020 performance, where they won 62 seats. (ANI)