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The protests come in the wake of a report of the Public Accounts Committee of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, accusing the Government of colluding with business houses to "accrue monetary benefits" to them.

New Delhi , Sept. 22

THE BJP today moved a no-confidence motion against the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, in the State Assembly over alleged irregularities in the privatisation of power distribution in the Capital.

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Jagdish Mukhi, who moved the resolution shortly after question hour on the first day of the monsoon session, said the privatisation of power supply had resulted in inflated electricity bills, fast-running meters and frequent power cuts and many Government agencies had questioned the entire process.

"Even the Assembly's own Public Accounts Committee has recommended a CBI probe into the matter," he said. The BJP MLAs, who were dressed in black, also held a protest outside the Assembly.

The protests come in the wake of a report of the Public Accounts Committee of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, accusing the Government of colluding with business houses to "accrue monetary benefits" to them. The PAC, headed by the ruling Congress Party MLA, Mr S.C. Vats, has recommended that the Government approach the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for an enquiry into the circumstances that led members of the Core Committee of officials involved in the exercise to go against the interest of the public exchequer in favouring the conditional bidders.

The report said that the Core Committee members had bent "all rules" and, in violation of the Request for Proposal (RFP) clauses 19.5 and 19.8, colluded with the business houses and made changes in the transfer scheme so as to "accrue monetary benefits" to the conditional bidders in the long run.

"The members of the Core Committee also attempted to undermine the authority of the competent authority (Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi) by seeking a doctored legal opinion from the Law Department of the Delhi Government so as to alter the definition of `Government'," the report said.

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