New Delhi, March 15 -- President Droupadi Murmu has sanctioned the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain. The allegations pertain to a purported Rs.2,000 crore scam involving the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools during their tenure as ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal-led administration.

In 2022, the Delhi government's vigilance directorate recommended a probe into the alleged irregularities and submitted a report to the chief secretary. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), in a report dated February 17, 2020, highlighted "glaring irregularities" in the construction of classrooms by the Public Works Department (PWD).

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