Overview

• Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena directed the Anti-Corruption Branch to investigate alleged financial irregularities in the coaching scheme launched by the previous AAP government.
• Coaching centres reportedly submitted bills totalling about ₹145 crore during 2021–22, far exceeding the scheme’s original ₹15 crore allocation.
• Officials have confirmed receipt of data for 13,000 students but verified attendance and documentation for only roughly 3,000 beneficiaries.
• Preliminary findings indicate that 35 private coaching institutes failed to provide verifiable data for even 100 students each, prompting deeper scrutiny.
• The Aam Aadmi Party called the investigation “vendetta politics,” accusing the BJP-led administration of weaponising state machinery for political targeting.