Last Updated: August 31, 2022, 16:23 IST
The AAP has alleged that Delhi L-G VK Saxena, when he was head of Khadi and Village Industries Commission, had forced employees to exchange demonetised currencies in 2016. (Image: Twitter/File)
During the special session of the Delhi assembly, the AAP targeted Delhi L-G VK Saxena demanding his resignation over an alleged Rs 1,400-crore khadi scam
Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Wednesday decided to take legal action against AAP leaders Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Durgesh Pathak among others over allegations of corruption against him. According to officials of the L-G House, the corruption allegations were “highly defamatory and false”.
Saxena has refuted charges by the AAP MLAs of a Rs 1,400-crore scam when he was the head of Khadi and Village Industries Commission, calling it a “figment of their imagination”. Officials said legal action will also be taken against Jasmine Shah, who is the vice-chairman of the Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi.
The special session of the Delhi assembly called by the Aam Aadmi Party has witnessed numerous disruptions over the past two days, with the confidence vote sought by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal being deferred twice. In the midst of all the hullabaloo, the AAP targeted Saxena demanding his resignation over the alleged Rs 1,400-crore khadi scam.
The AAP has alleged that Saxena, when he was the head of Khadi and Village Industries Commission, had forced employees to exchange demonetised currencies in 2016 resulting in a scam of Rs 1,400 crore. On the floor of the House, senior leader and MLA Durgesh Pathak said, “As the chairman of the Khadi Commission, Vinai Kumar Saxena forced Khadi’s cashiers to exchange his old unaccounted banknotes. Khadi stores had stopped accepting old currency, but Vinai Kumar Saxena forced the cashiers to take his cash and get it exchanged as if it belonged to Khadi. Two cashiers of Khadi exposed this scam. But Vinai Kumar Saxena investigated their allegations and suspended the cashiers. Saxena rinsed the allegations to an extent that CBI never even mentioned his name in their complaint.”
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