CAG report for the year 2013-14, tabled in the Haryana Assembly today, has come down heavily on the Town and Country Planning Department. "The department neither at the time of granting in-principle approval nor at the time of formal approval for transfer of licenses ensured that net profit beyond 15% of the total cost accrues to public exchequer. This enabled the developers to earn huge profits merely by selling the land while the government had to forego sizeable amount," the CAG report said.

Surjewala, who was a minister in the erstwhile Congress government of Haryana, claimed that since the inception of Haryana and the enactment of the Act of 1975, the state government has not received a "single rupee" in revenue towards 15% profit clause in last 40 years.

The statement by the CAG showcases how Hooda government helped, supported and colluded with Vadra to loot the state’s asset. The congress spinners have started their dirty tricks to defend the son-in-law of the first family of the Congress.

Congress dismissed the reports that CAG has found the erstwhile Congress government of Haryana granting "undue favours" to Robert Vadra's company and said "there is no such finding of wrongdoing". "Instead of proceeding to hold the previous Congress Government in Haryana guilty based on half truth, innuendos and insinuations, we must examine the facts," party spokesman Randeep Surjewala said. The facts points fingers towards congress and its first family.

Surjewala's reactions came on the day when the Haryana Government during the Congress regime came under attack from the Comptroller and Auditor General for granting "undue favours" to builders, including Robert Vadra's Skylight Hospitality.

By Premji