New Delhi: Facing allegations against the over-expenditure in the G20 Summit preparation, the Central government entirely rejected it while responding to a question raised by Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale.

On Monday, the Press Information Bureau, in a Fact Check report, refuted the claims made in a tweet by Trinamool leader, saying the expenditure cited was “primarily to generate out fixed assets”.

“A tweet claimed that the government spent 300 percent more on the G20 than the funds allocated in the budget. The PIB Fact Check tweeted, ‘This claim is misleading. The quoted expenditure is mainly for permanent asset creation by ITPO and other infrastructure development, which is not limited to hosting the G20 Summit alone,’ read the statement by the PIB.

Who Has The Rs 3110 Crore? 

This comes in response to TMC leader’s comment who alleged that the allocated budget for G20 Summit preparation was 990 crore. However, the money that was spent in the whole process was 300 percent higher. In his tweet, the TMC leader accused that the government spent up to Rs 4100 crore instead.

He questioned who has the gap of Rs 3110 Crore that is over the budget. “Where has this money gone?”

“‘Why shouldn’t the BJP be made to pay this extra Rs 3110 crore, since it was clearly non-essential spending purely for Modi’s self-advertisement and personal PR for the 2024 elections?’ asked the TMC leader.

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“However, according to the government, the amount was spent on permanent asset creation by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) at Pragati Maidan and other infrastructure development, which is not limited to hosting the G20 Summit alone.

The G20 Summit, chaired by India, was held at the Bharat Mandapam of the International Exhibition and Conference Center (IECC) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on September 9-10.

A tweet claims Govt spent 300% more on #G20 than funds allocated in budget#PIBFactCheck

1 This claim is misleading

2 The quoted expenditure is majorly towards permanent asset creation by ITPO & other infrastructure development which is not limited to hosting G20 Summit alone pic.twitter.com/CRGkraJw3J

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) September 11, 2023