New Delhi: Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress — in high trouble over financial irregularities in the Sharada Chit Fund case and presence of terror elements in Burdwan — has drawn flak from the Comptroller and Auditor General for distributing a whopping Rs 118 crore to an estimated 7490 sports clubs across the state.


Young footballers practice at a Kolkata maidan. Pic for representation 

The cash, noted the state's CAG unit, was distributed in phases by the state government's sports ministry ever since TMC swept to power in 2011. The sports ministry in the state is headed by Madan Mitra, a powerful associate of CM Mamata Banerjee.