The BJP Wednesday threatened to pull out of the National People’s Party-led authorities in Meghalaya over alleged corrupt practices in the implementation of the multi-crore particular assistant grant to the tribal autonomous councils right here. The occasion, which can also be half of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance, has additionally demanded a CBI inquiry into what it alleged is a rip-off in the implementation of the SAG funds.
“It is very unfortunate that the SAG funds meant for the development of areas under the two ADCs – Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) – have been misused by the ruling party i.e. the NPP. There is blatant corruption in the two ADCs,” BJP state president Ernest Mawrie mentioned. “We demand that the NPP executive committees in these two ADCs stop such activities else we may consider options of pulling out of the coalition,” he mentioned.
In GHADC a documentary challenge costing Rs 5.82 crore was allotted with none tender or bidding for supplying of info, schooling and communication (IEC) supplies to the Council, he mentioned. The work for the IEC challenge was handed over to a relative of the spouse of Power Minister James P Ok Sangma and is being carried out by an officer connected to the chief minister’s workplace, Maurie claimed.
“In the sunshine of these irregularities and misuse of the SAG funds, I’ve already written to the Centre for instituting a CBI inquiry into the entire challenge and to punish the culprits as per legislation, the BJP chief right here mentioned. Of the Rs 1,000 crore sanctioned by the Centre to ADCs in the Northeast area throughout 2015-16, the KHADC has acquired Rs 133.12 crore whereas GHADC and JHADC with Rs 100.71 crore and Rs 33.57 crore respectively.
Besides, the Centre had launched SAG funds of Rs 34.87 crore to KHADC, 31.40 crore to GHADC and Rs 11.62 crore to JHADC in March final 12 months. It could be very unlucky that the SAG funds meant for the event of areas underneath the 2 ADCs have been misused by the ruling occasion, ie the NPP, Mawrie mentioned.
In JHADC, the SAG funds are being transferred immediately to the financial institution accounts of the elected members supporting the NPP, which leads the committee, he claimed. The ruling MDA constitutes NPP, United Democratic Party, Peoples Democratic Front, BJP, Hill State Peoples Democratic occasion, NCP and three Independents.