TURA, Sep 6: The Garo Hills unit of the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday slammed the Conrad Sangma-led MDA Government for its ‘failures’ and demanded that the ruling dispensation should refrain from taking credit for various works allegedly done by former chief minister Mukul Sangma.
The party hit out at the ruling MDA at a block-level meeting at Gambegre in West Garo Hills, attended by TMC MLAs Dikkanchi D Shira, Zenith M Sangma, Lazarus M Sangma and Winnerson D Sangma and GHADC MDCs – Cherak W Momin, Nehru D Sangma and Sadhiarani M Sangma.
Admonishing the MDA Government’s sheer lack of concern towards women, Zenith Sangma said: “Dr Mukul Sangma used to provide Rs 5,000 as allowance to every woman to support their family but Chief Minister Conrad Sangma insensibly ended this scheme.”
He continued: “In the Assembly, numerous inquiries about the money allocated by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank which was subjected to misuse by the government, remain unanswered. Now, before the election, the MDA Government is putting up a sham by giving Rs 5,000 under the FOCUS scheme. People should remember that the money is not from the NPP but from the central government. It is the taxpayers’ money and not the NPP’s.”
Criticizing the MDA Government’s habit of abandoning various schemes midway, Zenith claimed that Mukul, during his term, initiated the Chief Minister’s Social Assistance Programme which was not funded by the central government but the then state government and questioned why the MDA Government has abandoned the scheme.
Sadhiarani Sangma, in her tirade, also condemned the insensitivity of the MDA Government in addressing the grievances of the teachers and caregivers. The MDC alleged that the NPP-led MDA Government has been scamming the people for the past four-and-a-half years. “They have not brought a single speck of development in the state, especially in Gambegre,” she claimed.
