The CAG report on state finances says government departments under Akhilesh Yadav failed to submit utilisation certificates worth to Rs 97,906.27 crore. (Photo: Reuters file)

The Akhilesh Yadav-led government in Uttar Pradesh allowed irregularities worth Rs 97,000 crore under various departments during its tenure, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said in a recent report.

According the report submitted by the CAG on state finances, government departments under Akhilesh Yadav failed to submit utilisation certificates amounting to Rs 97,906.27 crore. The report is on the state finances between 2014 and March 2017.

Most of these certificates were from the panchayati raj department and amounted to Rs 25,4990.95 crore. This was followed by the education department (Rs 25,693.52 crore) and the social welfare department (Rs 26,927.49 crore).

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The CAG report comes as an embarrassment for the Samajwadi Party chief, who is now in the opposition and has been claiming a moral high ground while attacking the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in the state.

The CAG report states that the high pendency of utilisation certificates is fraught with the risk of misappropriation of funds and wrongdoings.

The funds were repeatedly issued to these departments despite their failure in submitting details of the money allotted to them in the past for various schemes.

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The CAG has recommended that the finance department should refrain from releasing additional funds to these departments unless they certify that the money provided to them in the past has been used.

The report says between 2014 and March 2017, a total of 2,55,023 utilisation certificates are pending.

Speaking to India Today TV, UP cabinet minister and government spokesperson Srikant Sharma said, "This matter has come to light from the CAG report. We will look into the matter."

Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party has denied any wrongdoing on its part.

"The findings of the CAG report don't mean that corruption or fraud took place. Similar reports had come in the past from Maharashtra and Gujarat which are BJP-ruled states. Both of them denied charges of corruption. The CAG had also alleged discrepancies in the allocation of 2G spectrum during the UPA regime. However, the accused were acquitted by the court," said party spokesperson Sunil Yadav.

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