NEW DELHI: Footballer-turned-politician Baichung Bhutia on Monday staged a day-long dharna in the national capital to protest against increasing corruption in his state Sikkim.

Accompanied by workers of the Hamro Party at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, Bhutia accused the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) party of indulging in large-scale corruption.

The former captain of Indian football team alleged that under the government of Pawan Kumar Chamling a scam worth Rs 50,000 crore has been orchestrated in the hydro-power project in the state. "It is more than the 2G scam," he said.

"Under the current government, corruption is going on at a big scale. It is not me or my party which is saying this, it is the CAG report. It says that the amount of corruption that is happening in Sikkim is huge," Bhutia said.

Bhutia said that despite all the evidence, the government and the CBI are yet to probe the scam.

Bhutia also accused the state chief minister of defaulting on tax returns in a cable business being jointly run by him and his family.

