SHILLONG, DEC 2: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday slammed the Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma for his failure to create new blocks and sub-divisions when he was chief minister of the state for eight years.
Conrad told reporters that it is said that the Leader of Opposition is seeing good development being given to the people as a “political gimmick” and that it is very unfair to the people of those areas where blocks and sub-divisions have been given.
According to him, the main objective of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government to create new community and rural development (C&RD) blocks and civil sub-divisions (CSDs) is to bring administration closer to the people.
Further reacting to Mukul’s allegation that NPP-led government’s decision to inaugurate newly created blocks and civil sub-divisions is a “panic reaction” after seeing their election graft is declining, the chief minister said, “If only the LO had spoken to those people and realize their pain and the challenges they faced he will come to know that they are very happy with this development.”
He further questioned the LO’s failure when he was chief minister for 8 long years by saying, “May be when he was chief minister for 8 years he could have given them those blocks but I guess he did not want to do anything at that time for those people.”
“However, we (MDA government) have realized those people are facing a lot of challenges and they have to travel for hours and hours to reach to the administrative headquarters to be able to get just basic services like certificates and other block services or subdivision services – this is towards our goal and our endeavor and our decision to ensure we take administration closer to the people and it is going in that line itself,” the chief minister said.
“Therefore, it is improper to look at this as a political stance but it should be seen that development is reaching to the grass root people. The fact that development is getting closer to the people and administration is getting closer to the people is something that I think should not be criticized at all,” he added.
He also asked the opposition to go and ask people who are living in Patharkhmah, Namdong, Rambrai, Rongjeng and others on the kind of challenges they faced just to get basic services that the government provides.
“Hence, those who criticize this are people who don’t understand the pain that the common citizens go through. And hence, this is going in line with the stand of the government that we wanted to take administration closer to the people and I am sure that the people of those areas where these developments have gone I am sure they will realize its benefits and understand that this will make a huge difference in their lives,” the chief minister further asserted.
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