Nagaland Post: Dimapur: Friday, March 28, 2014.
Nagaland
Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), Vigilance Cell (VC) Thursday accused Naga
People’s Front (NPF) Members of Parliament, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of
mismanaging Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds
during their tenure and also of “unjust treatment” meted out to various
districts by the two MPs C.M. Chang (Lok Sabah) and Khekiho Zhimomi (Rajya
Sabha).
In a statement, NPCC-VC said both NPF
representatives had “randomly mis-utilized” MPLADS funds and there has been
“discrepancies” detected with no proper work order.
NPCC
Vigilance Cell made the allegations based on an RTI seeking details of MPLADS
during the period 2009-10 to 2012-13.
According to the RTI report provided by the
NPCC-VC showed that the Centre allocated a total amount of Rs. 1400 lakhs each
to both the MPs between 2009-10 to 2012-13. According to the data provided by
the RTI, the MPLADS fund was distributed to just three districts – Dimapur (Rs.
1307 lakhs), Zunheboto (Rs. 76 lakhs) and Mokokchung (Rs. 17 lakh) by the Rajya
Sabha MP for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13. All the rest of the districts did
not get any share.
MPLADS fund
allocated for the Lok Sabha seat was distributed in all the districts by the
Lok Sabah MP between 2009-10 to 2012-13. However, each time the allocation was
distributed at an annual basis, some districts were left out.
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