Chandigarh, March 29 -- The Opposition Congress on Friday alleged a Rs.4,000-crore scam in paddy procurement payments to farmers in the Majha region and called for formation of a House committee to probe the matter.

Former minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa led the attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, in the assembly on the final day of the budget session. In the absence of food and civil supplies minister Lal Chand Kataruchak, cabinet minister Aman Arora, who is AAP's state chief, defended the government. Rejecting all allegations, he said that neither the government nor the department had received any written complaints regarding this matter.

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