SHILLONG: The state government on Wednesday defended its decision to terminate the four power projects after 10 years.
Replying to a motion moved by Mawsynram MLA PN Syiem, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said the government cannot outrightly terminate the project because there is an agreement with private developers.
“We had to give them further time so that they don’t go to court,” he said but termed the decision of the MUA government to cancel all power projects in 2008 as a mistake.
According to Sangma, the issue was politicised in view of the 2008 Assembly elections and political parties had made a narrative that they would cancel all the power projects if they come back to power and exactly the same thing happened.
Earlier, Sangma added that the next House of the Assembly will see a lot of positive outcomes of all the initiatives taken in the last five years.
Talking about the laws, he said the Meghalaya Social Audit Act will catch the attention of other states.
Moving the motion, Syiem attacked the government over various issues, including the sorry state of the power sector.
The motion was opposed by Nongstoin MLA Diosstarness Jyndiang saying the lawmakers are breaking the law.
The House witnessed heated argument between Syiem and Jyndiang and the latter said he would have disqualified Syiem if he was the chairman of the House.
While Syiem was speaking about his motion of law and policies of the road map for the overall dynamic growth of the state, Jyndiang kept interrupting him. But Syiem continued his speech.
