By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The KSU Mawkyrwat circle on Wednesday dared the sitting legislator of Mawkyrwat constituency and Deputy Chief Minister Rowell Lyngdoh to file an FIR against the members of the implementation committee of the Mawkyrwat Sub Division Sport Association (MSDSA) for their alleged involvement in siphoning off funds sanctioned for the construction of fences around the MSDSA stadium at Mawkyrwat.
The KSU challenge came a day after the Mawkyrwat legislator clarified that there was no collusion between him and the members of the implementation committee of the MSDSA in the disappearance of the Rs 3 lakh sanctioned for the said project.
The KSU stated that if the MLA failed to file FIR against the MSDSA members involved in the scam, they would be forced to believe that Lyngdoh’s clarification was meant to avoid controversies and was a ‘cover up’.
Meanwhile, the KSU came up with fresh allegations against the MSDSA implementation committee for misappropriating funds from the MLA scheme sanctioned in 2009-2010 for purchasing footballs and uniforms for the various football clubs of that area.
Based on documents obtained through an RTI application filed in October 2012, the KSU alleged that money amounting to Rs 1 lakh for purchasing footballs to be distributed to 50 clubs affiliated to the MSDSA and uniforms for 16 leading clubs of the area had been mis-utilized by the MSDSA members.
The KSU revealed that the BDO of Mawkyrwat Block had granted the financial assistance order of Rs 90000 to the MSDSA secretary on January 12, 2011, but the sports items never reached the clubs.
The KSU also asked MSDSA president Diverland Lyngdoh and secretary Prosperly Wanniang to deliver the items if already purchased or to come up with a confession and return the money.