AAP slams Dikshit for keeping mum in bank ‘scam’

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday attacked former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, saying that she knew about a ‘scam’ in a city cooperative bank during her tenure but did not take any action.

AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday said directors of the Lajpat Nagar branch of Delhi Nagrik Sahkari Bank were involved in the alleged scam and the directors were elected fraudulently.

Bharadwaj said that of the 67,000 members of the bank, only 14,000 were found to be real, and Congress leaders were involved in the ‘scam’. He said that though an inquiry was conducted in 2012 into loans and recruitment of the bank, during Dikshit’s tenure, no action was taken.

“Why is Shiela Dikshit interferring into the matter when the responsibility is being fixed on the Chief Secretary MM Kutty and Registrar of Cooperative Society,” alleged Bharadwaj.

Showing purported pages of the bank’s register, he claimed that Dikshit herself had purchased 1,000 membership forms of the bank. The AAP leader said a Delhi Assembly Committee was looking into the case. Bharadwaj said the scam happened under her nose, and added that Kutty was the Principal Secretary of Dikshit.

“The fact remains that many selected candidates were related to the Chairman and …read more