KSO alleges misuse of powers by ministers

IMPHAL | Dec 30

The Kuki Students’ Organisation, KSO, Bungpi bock has alleged the finance minister and tribal affairs minister of misusing their powers for their personal gains.

A statement issued KSO Bungpi block, opined that while the entire population of hills of Manipur were engaged for Christmas festivity, the finance minister and tribal affairs minister, ignoring the festive season, were engaged in blackmailing, harassing 6 the six Autonomous District Council (ADC) demand to settle with 6 percent the funds means for Education department in the ADC.

Despite the lack of infrastructure and many other facilities to facilitate teaching and learning process of the school in the hills, the government heedless to the developmental issues and more attentive in deducting 10 percent of the otal funds of the teachers’ salaries for their selfish gains, it said.

Strongly condemning the indifferent attitude towards ADCs, it termed the act as a step motherly treatment and the main hurdles in different spheres of developmental activities.

This is the mechanism of highly corrupted, discriminating and greedy nature of the state government towards ADCs, Hills of Manipur, it said.

It contended that if the characteristic persist, the ADCs in the Hills of Manipur will be completely exploited in the future, which directly or indirectly shows the evil desires of the state government towards the hill people of Manipur.

The KSO further lamented that the two ministers despite the order of the Governor of Manipur to release the salaries before December 18, went ahead with their selfish motive which resulted in the non payment of teachers salaries of 6 ADCs till date.

It appealed to the government to work sincerely for the progress of Hill people respecting the true nature of autonomous body and release the funds timely with immediate effect.

It also urged the state not to interrupt the administrative, legislative, executive, judiciary and financial powers of the ADCs to hamper the peace of progress in the hills.

Maintaining that a very sorry state of affairs in the Hill district councils is always at the mercy of politicians and the bureaucrats, it held that devolution and decentralization of powers should be the main slogan in place of “Go to the Hills”.