Congress set to charge-sheet MDA govt for its “misdeeds”

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJune 3, 2022

Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Vincent H Pala on Friday said the party is preparing to file a charge-sheet against the National People’s Party-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government for its alleged “misdeeds”.

Addressing media persons, Pala said once the 2023 Assembly elections are declared, the party will release the charge-sheet to the public.

He said that the charge-sheet will highlight a series of corruption and failures of the MDA govt.  

“You have seen (the level of) corruption. If you travel from here to Nongstoin, there are a series of gates run by the state government and the district councils – all at the cost of the consumers, farmers and the public,” he said. 

Pala added that money collected is not going to the state’s exchequer and it is only the Congress that is pointing out the corruption of the government while everybody is silent because they are getting a share from it.

He also slammed the government for trying to implement the gambling act despite opposition from churches.

According to him, the government is also not able to pay the teachers, district council staff and even the health workers besides unemployment is very high.

“We have set up a research team to go deep (into these issues) and we will be giving it in our charge sheet,” he added.

Further, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge Meghalaya Manish Chatrath said as the oldest political party in the country, the Congress will fight from all the 60 seats in 2023.

“We will also ensure that we get a majority (and lead the government),” he added.

Asked on the reason for people to vote back the Congress to power, Chatrath said, “Have you seen the performance of the present government. As a resident of the state do you think leave aside the media side of yours do you think the government is working right? It is not one but there are 10 issues where one can come up with so don’t you want a change. If you want a change you think of the Congress party only.”

Whether it will be tough for the party to win the upcoming elections, the AICC leader said, “There were people with no political background and they formed the government but we are the oldest party, we have our organization intact, we have our vote bank and I know at the end of the day the people of this beautiful state are looking for a change and they love Congress.”

Meanwhile, Pala maintained that the Congress is not interested to have any pre-poll alliance with anybody. He however admitted that politics is dynamic.