Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has alleged that the recent detection of discrepancies and anomalies in Medical and School Education Departments in Suruhuto under Zunheboto district during a hearing on RTI, was only the tip of an iceberg of the “deep rooted corruption” under the present Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government.
“The promise of DAN for transparency and accountability has become absolutely a contradictory as corruption has reached its zenith and that people have been left to their own mercy,” NPCC president KV Pusa, MLA, said in a press release.
Pusa said it was unfortunate that though the UPA government at the Center had been generous and openhanded to sanction considerable amount of money for the welfare of the people, all these money had gone to the “pockets of some few individuals and cronies of the DAN government.”
He said the Congress party would not remain a mute spectator but continue to voice for the people till the government started delivering the goods to the people and corruption was rooted out from the State.
“The recent detection of corruptions in the two departments should not be kept in a cold storage, but the government of the day must immediately bring all those responsible persons to book and award them befitting actions as per the government’s service rules,” he said.
NPCC president also appealed to the people to rise to the occasion and fight for fairness and justice, which, he said had been denied to them by the present DAN government. “Together we can do it; this is the assurance of the Congress party,” Pusa added.
It may be mentioned, the public hearing on Right to Information (RTI) was held in Suruhuto town on October 17 which was organized by the YouthNet in partnership with Northeast Network (NEN) and Suruhuto Range Students’ Union (SRSU).
The public hearing was done on the basis of information collected under RTI applications and focused mainly on the medical and education departments in different villages.
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