LG Orders Probe Into Data Collection For Cash Handouts

In Response, The Aam Aadmi Party Alleged That The Probe Was A 'Sham' That Was Ordered At The Behest Of The BJP

NEW DELHI: The office of lieutenant governor VK Saxena has written to the Delhi police commissioner and the chief secretary, asking them to conduct an inquiry into the collection of personal details and forms by non-government officials for supposed state schemes, and to also inform the Election Commission of India about data collection.

Saxena's office sent the letters on December 26 after Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit approached the LG, claiming that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) functionaries were going door-to-door to collect data for the Mahila Samman Yojana—a scheme which offers ₹1,000 per month to the Capital's women despite the state's women and child development (WCD) department stating that a portal will soon be launched to register for the scheme.