The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his government of overseeing the procurement and distribution of alleged spurious and non-standard drugs in government hospitals and mohalla clinics. The BJP claims that the alleged scam was orchestrated under the direction of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva criticized the Delhi CM, asserting that Kejriwal, along with then Health Minister Manish Sisodia and current Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, were aware of the alleged pathology scam.
“It is very regrettable that just 20 days ago, the people of Delhi and the country were shocked by the information about the scam of distribution of fake and substandard medicines in the hospitals of the Delhi government ruled by Arvind Kejriwal. The people of Delhi are ashamed after another pathology test scam worth hundreds of crores by the government’s health department has come to light,” he said.
Sachdeva accused the AAP government of accepting kickbacks from private companies by providing tests, X-rays, and other services, emphasizing that the silence of the Kejriwal government despite knowledge of the pathology test scam suggests its complicity.
“The Kejriwal government’s silence despite knowing about the pathology test scam clearly shows that this entire scam happened at the behest of the Chief Minister Kejriwal himself, and that is why Kejriwal has given most of the test and X-ray, etc. services of not only the Mohalla clinics but also the government hospitals to private companies. It is clear that the Kejriwal government is taking kickback of hundreds of crores of rupees from the Aam Aadmi Party treasury by giving tests, X-rays etc. to private companies, whose CBI is investigating,” he added.
Sachdeva questioned the government’s response to a scam of about Rs 240 crore in the Forest Department, urging an investigation into the involvement of the Chief Minister and Forest Minister.
The Directorate of Vigilance of the Delhi government has officially referred the matter to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for investigation. Notably, some samples of an anti-epilepsy drug collected from a Delhi government facility were found to be spurious, as reported by the Regional Drug Testing Laboratory, Chandigarh.
