Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia has accused DU-affiliated colleges funded by the Delhi government of misuse of funds. Sisodia said that colleges have a surplus amount. He said that despite the excess funds, they are not giving salary to teachers and staff. Some colleges are using the funds to give donations. The government has found huge irregularities in the fund details of colleges.

Manish Sisodia said in an online press conference that the Delhi government has given enough money to pay salaries to these colleges, but the colleges had used the money elsewhere. The estimated salary for the current academic year is Rs 300 crore. The Delhi government has provided adequate funds to the colleges in this regard.

He said that the government has started a special audit to know the exact status of the use of funds of colleges. Six colleges DDU, Keshav College, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Study, Bhagini Nivedita, Aditi College, and Maharishi Valmiki College were audited in the first week of September. According to the preliminary report, the colleges have kept the amount as FD instead of giving salary to the staff.

Keshav College has deposits of Rs 10.52 crore as FD. The college was given Rs 10.92 crore in the year 2014-15 as a salary grant with around Rs 27.9 crore being given last year. Despite receiving so much of corpus, the college is not giving salary to its teachers. Bhagini Nivedita College was found to have FDs of around Rs 2.5 crore. Sisodia has alleged that many colleges were not cooperating with the team of auditors. He claimed that the colleges have additional funds but they are not paying salaries. He added on a stern note that this attitude of colleges will not be tolerated. He has urged the Delhi University Teachers Association to expose this scam in the colleges.