Overview
- A door-to-door verification found that of 3.81 lakh registered beneficiaries only 2.98 lakh were genuine, leaving over 83,000 entries flagged as fake or duplicate.
- The BJP alleges these irregularities amount to an annual misappropriation of about Rs 200 crore during the previous AAP administration.
- BJP president Virendra Sachdeva has called for a criminal inquiry by the Rekha Gupta government to determine whether funds were diverted to officials, party workers or the AAP’s campaign fund.
- Investigations launched in October 2024 were paused ahead of the February assembly elections and resumed only after the new government took office.
- The Aam Aadmi Party dismissed the charges as a political ploy to dismantle key welfare initiatives such as Mohalla Clinics and free treatment schemes.