NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday staged a protest at LNJP Hospital, alleging a Rs 650 crore scam in the Delhi government’s health department.AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj questioned chief minister Rekha Gupta over why the main accused was allegedly allowed to flee to Germany.“There was a health scam worth Rs 650 crore in Delhi. The main accused was not arrested by the ACB for a month, and he was allowed to flee to Germany. We kept saying it and kept holding press conferences, demanding the arrest of Rajiv Rangeela. They did not arrest him. Why not? Because they do not want to investigate,” Bharadwaj told PTI Videos.Several party workers, including MLAs Sanjeev Jha and Kuldeep Kumar, also joined the protest, demanding answers from the government.“A massive medicine procurement scam has taken place in Delhi’s health sector. The ACB says the scam is worth Rs 650 crore. People are saying that the contractor fled Delhi and left the country. He was allowed to escape in the same way Vijay Mallya was allowed to flee and Nirav Modi was allowed to flee,” Jha said.According to Bharadwaj, the ruling government has alleged that Dr Vatsala Agrawal committed a Rs 650 crore scam in the Directorate General of Health Services. He, however, claimed that “it was the Rekha Gupta government that appointed Agrawal by bypassing all the rules.”“It bypassed those who were senior to her. It appointed her despite a vigilance inquiry,” he added.AAP has, for the past few days, been raising the issue, which is currently under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB).
