According to sources in Lieutenant Governor's office, the CAG’s special audit move follows a recommendation by the Ministry of Home Affairs after having received a letter on 24 May 2023 from the Lieutenant Governor's Secretariat, which pointed out that gross financial irregularities, prima facie, were reported in the reconstruction of Kejriwal's official residence.
The LG, in his letter, underlined that these violations or "extravagant expenditure" took place at the behest of “Hon'ble CM Madam”, in an apparent reference to Mr Kejriwal's wife, during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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