India, Aug. 6 -- Congress leader Debabrata Sakia has written to Gauhati high court (HC) chief justice Ashutosh Kumar seeking suo motu cognisance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government's alleged violations of the Assam Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (AFRBM) Act, which has said has led to an escalating and unsustainable debt crisis.

He said the violations, admitted in the state's financial statements, are compounded by systemic irregularities highlighted in Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports, pointing to potential fraud and corruption. Sakia pointed to a debt-to-Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) ratio of 25.2%.

The AFRBM Act mandates that the fiscal deficit should not exceed 3% of GSDP, with flexibili...