Chandigarh, April 8 -- Former Haryana finance minister, Sampat Singh, on Tuesday accused the BJP led Haryana government of "gross financial mismanagement" alleging that large portions of 2025-26 budget went unspent despite government's claims of high utilisation. Addressing a press conference, Singh who is Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) patron, questioned chief minister Nayab Singh Saini's claim made during his budget speech on March 2 in the state assembly that 98% of 2025-26 budget had been utilised. "However, expenditure data till February 25, 2026 tells a different story. Of 729 announcements made in 2025-26 budget, about 300 schemes with a total allocation of Rs.7,500 crore saw zero expenditure as of March 31, 2026,'' the former finance minister said, quoting statistics from Haryana government's online budget allocation monitoring and analysis system. Singh maintained that Rs.406.12 crore was allocated for subsidised agricultural infrastructure (agriculture department) but the actual expenditure remained zero. "Similarly, development and panchayat department failed to spend a single rupee out of the Rs.890 crore allocated under the State Finance Commission for rural development. In education department, despite budgetary allocation of Rs.310 crore for school infrastructure, model schools, and major science projects, the actual expenditure recorded was zero,'' the former finance minister maintained. Out of Rs.151 crore allocated for skill development and employment schemes-including the 'Drone Didi' and 'Sankalp' schemes-expenditure remained zero. Only 22% of the allocated funds were spent on the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' initiative,'' he said. The INLD leader said he will lodge a formal complaint with the Principal Accountant General, the Central Finance Commission, and the governor. "The failure to spend even a single penny on these schemes constituted gross financial mismanagement on the part of the BJP government. The BJP government is merely engaging in event management,'' Singh alleged....