People no longer trust Mukul Sangma: says Tynsong 

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 15, 2022

Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday slammed the former chief minister Mukul Sangma over the allegations against the implementation of the FOCUS scheme by the MDA government.

Speaking to reporters, Tynsong reminded the former chief minister that he had also distributed cattle and gave Rs 5,000 to each family in 2017 before the elections.

“In fact it was so irregular I should say. Therefore, I think you should ask Dr Mukul Sangma himself.”

Mukul Sangma had alleged that the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government led by National People’s Party has no unique scheme which does not root from the Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP).

Tynsong said, “…let Mukul say anything whatever because he doesn’t have any issues anymore to say and I know well people also do not trust him anymore.”

The deputy chief minister however claimed that the schemes introduced by the MDA have to a great extent benefited the people across the state.

“What we are doing right now be it FOCUS or be it PRIME, we are doing well and people who received it also be it SHGs or be it cooperative societies, they are being blessed by the schemes we implemented.”

Meanwhile, the deputy chief minister said that Mukul Sangma was chief minister of the state for eight years but he has failed to ensure completion of important projects, which are pending for decades.

“He (Mukul) has been chief minister for eight years. Can you please ask him during his tenure why not complete the Crowborough hotel? Why did he not complete the Crowborough hotel? Are we taking credit for that? But of course there are so many challenges but ultimately under the leadership of Conrad Sangma and the MDA government we are able to complete it,” he said.

Also announcing that the government would soon inaugurate yet another long pending project – Mariot hotel at Jail road, Tynsong concluded by saying, “This is going to happen this month. So let him talk whatever he feels like talking but the fact remains that this is the only government which completed those incomplete schemes in different levels and in different areas.”