Joykishan accuses Shyam of misappropriating KS oil

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Sept 27

Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) spokesperson Kh. Joykishan Singh, has accused consumer affairs, food and public distribution (CAF&PD) minister Karam Shyam of misappropriating Opposition MLAs’ quota under public distribution system.

Addressing a press conference at the Congress Bhawan today, Joykishan termed the act of the minister as “daylight robbery” and a “total disregard” to the anti-corruption campaign of the state government.

According to Joykishan, in 2004 the Manipur Legislative Assembly passed Salaries and Allowances of Members of the Legislature Assembly Bill under which an MLA is entitled with 3000 litres of kerosene oil among other incentives.

However, Shyam has allegedly violated the norms and allotted only 2500 litres for an Assembly constituency particularly the Opposition bench.

Demanding a clarification from the minister concerned, Joykishan observed that the government must concede to the “highhandedness” and existence of rampant corruption in its governance if it fails to clarify.

He also appealed to the people to be cautious of “highhandedness” of the government which had even dared to openly rob elected representatives.

The spokesperson also strongly reacted to the decision of the state government to open a Night Plaza in Imphal.

Although lauding the initiative which gurantees a platform for recreation, he termed it as a challenging task citing the situation of the state.

He suggested that the government should reconsider its decision to ponder on the merits and demerits before implementing the same.

He questioned the government whether the law and order situation of the state is conducive enough to launch “Night Plaza” when it hesitated to consider the demand to repeal AFSPA citing bad law and order.

He further questioned whether the state government will take the responsibility in the event of any untoward incident as a result of its initiative.

If the government is insisting on launching the Night Plaza, Joykishan said it would be wise for the government to announce a package for the flood affected people in the valley during the launch programme.