00:00 In the last few days, what one has seen are not one, not two, not three, but seven such
00:07 cases that the CAG has brought to light.
00:10 India's chief auditor has brought to light which smacks of rampant corruption in this
00:15 government which scam after scam is being unearthed right under Mr. Modi's nose, but
00:23 Mr. Modi chooses to keep quiet.
00:25 He may call them anti-national, he may jail them, he may even raid them.
00:28 But the reality is that it starts from the Bharat Mala project where the cost of construction
00:33 has doubled from 15.37 crore per kilometer to over 32 crore per kilometer.
00:40 Not just this, the tender process was flawed.
00:44 There was never a detailed project report that was submitted.
00:48 Money to the tune of 3500 crore rupees was diverted from the escrow account.
00:53 And more than anything else, safety consultants were not appointed.
00:57 So you are responsible if you are traveling on any of those roads, not the government
01:01 of India.
01:02 The Dwarka Expressway, and this is the second such scam that has come to light, the construction
01:07 cost went up from 18 crore per kilometer to 250 crore per kilometer.
01:14 To construct two kilometers of the Dwarka Expressway, a mangal yaan could have gone.
01:19 500 crores is what it took.
01:23 The NHAI has looted common citizens of this country to the tune of 132 crore only when
01:30 five toll plazas were audited.
01:33 Imagine if every toll plaza in this country is audited, what would the tune of the scam
01:39 be?
01:40 132 crore scam across just five toll plazas.
01:45 Because of concession agreements, there's another hit of about 135 crore to the exchequer.
01:50 The Ayushman Bharat scheme that the Prime Minister keeps talking about, the fourth such
01:54 scheme that we'll talk about, seven and a half lakh beneficiaries registered with one
01:59 phone number.
02:00 But that's not all.
02:01 Over 88,000 such patients who died during the treatment, fresh claims were issued, payments
02:11 were made in their name.
02:13 Who did that money go to?
02:14 That's the big question.
02:15 The Ayodhya Development Project.
02:17 We all know what happened with land deals, how they were bought at peanuts and then sold
02:22 at high prices to the trust.
02:24 But we now are discovering that the Ayodhya Development Project is also riddled with scams.
02:30 Money has been issued to contractors who are not even registered.
02:36 There's GST payment that's coming their way.
02:38 Who are these people?
02:40 What are they doing?
02:41 How come the bidders, the tendering process is so flawed?
02:46 The Rural Development Ministry, and this is a very important point that we must point
02:51 out.
02:52 The Rural Development Ministry has a provision of pension and that pension goes to the poor
02:58 who come from, who are either physically disabled or it comes from the widowed or it goes to
03:06 the old.
03:07 All three pension schemes come under the Rural Development Ministry.
03:12 Money from this was diverted to put hoardings in 19 states and every district on the Swachh
03:18 Bharat fortnight that they celebrated.
03:21 HAL has also been pulled up for a flawed engine design, which caused a loss of about Rs.154
03:28 crore.
03:29 So we have only very limited questions for the Prime Minister.
03:32 Question number one, will you break your silence on the CAG scams that are being unearthed
03:37 right under your nose?
03:38 You are the chairman of the CCA, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
03:46 Are you going to open your mouth on the Bharat Mala project that saw costs double?
03:52 How will you act against the road and the Surface Development Ministry?
03:56 Because we have seen a huge scam in Dwarka Expressway, we've also seen the NHAI loot.
04:01 Will you act against the Ayushman Bharat Ministry and Minister and ask them how was money for
04:06 beneficiaries diverted and where did that money go?
04:11 Will you act against the Ayodhya Development Project?
04:14 Enquire finally on the dodgy land deals and also on the kind of money that was given to
04:20 contractors whose registration has cancelled.
04:24 And the reality my friends, I would want to say, and I say this with a heavy heart, there
04:29 was a time that the very mention of the CAG made editors, anchors, reporters jump up in
04:35 the air.
04:36 Maybe with glee, but they ask questions.
04:41 It's another story that some of those CAG reports have come to be absolutely false and
04:46 politically motivated.
04:48 But the reality is that today the media is quiet.
04:51 There is not one, not two, but seven CAG scams that have been unearthed and the Prime Minister
04:56 stays silent.
04:58 But I think this is public loot.
05:01 We believe from this platform, this is looting the exchequer, this is looting the people
05:05 of India and action should be taken.
05:08 But before action is taken, the Prime Minister needs to tell this country, why are people
05:15 being allowed to take undue benefits of schemes meant for the poor, meant for the physically
05:21 challenged, meant for the old and also meant for the widowed.
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