Meghalaya CM slams LO for seeing good development as ‘political gimmick’

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaDecember 2, 2022

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said it is sad that the Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma is seeing good development being given to the people as a political gimmick and that it is very unfair to the people of those areas where blocks and sub-divisions have been given.

Speaking to reporters, Conrad said that the main objective of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government to create new community and rural development (C&RD) blocks and civil sub-divisions (CSDs) is to bring administration closer to the people.  

“If only the LO had spoken to those people and realize their pain and the challenges they faced he will come to know that they are very happy with this development. May be when he was chief minister for 8 years he could have given them those blocks but I guess he did not that time want to do anything for those people,” he said.

“But then we have realized those people are facing a lot of challenges and they have to travel for hours and hours to reach to the administrative headquarters to be able to get just basic services like certificates and other block services or subdivision services – this is towards our goal and our endeavor and our decision to ensure we take administration closer to the people and it is going in that line itself,” the chief minister said.

He said, “Therefore, it is improper to look at this as a political stance but it should be seen that development is reaching to the grass root people. The fact that development is getting closer to the people and administration is getting closer to the people is something that I think should not be criticized at all.”

He also asked the opposition to go and ask people who are living in Patharkhmah, Namdong, Rambrai, Rongjeng and others on the kind of challenges they faced just to get basic services that the government provides.

“Hence, those who criticize this are people who don’t understand the pain that the common citizens go through. And hence, this is going in line with the stand of the government that we wanted to take administration closer to the people and I am sure that the people of those areas where these developments have gone I am sure they will realize its benefits and understand that this will make a huge difference in their lives,” the chief minister said.