India, March 28 -- Education minister Ashish Sood on Friday said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on functioning of state-run universities flags financial mismanagement and academic failures during tenure of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government.

A performance audit on the functioning of universities under the Government of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) tabled in the Assembly on Monday flagged irregularities across academic, administrative and financial domains, pointing at systemic gaps in planning, staffing, infrastructure and governance between 2018 and 2023.

The audit, covering Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Delhi Technological University (DTU) and Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Resea...