SHILLONG, SEPT 29: Rubbishing chief minister Mukul Sangma’s allegation that the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) was adding fuel to the fire in the ILP issue, the UDP instead adviced Sangma to concentrate on constructing bridge and not wall to end the present impasse with the agitating ngos even as it termed the chief minister allegation as ‘nonsense’ and ‘childish.’
Sangma had recently said that the opposition
Former chief minister , UDP president and opposition leader Donkupar Roy said on Sunday, “These (allegations) are nonsense and childish made against us,” state leader of opposition and UDP chief Donkupar Roy said here. He said the UDP since its inception till today have never been involved with the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to create any law and order problems in the state.
Roy said the chief minister must stop trying to shift his responsibility, weakness and failure to the opposition parties. He also informed that the opposition parties under the umbrella Meghalaya People’s Forum (MPF) will be meeting on Monday to discuss the chief minister’s allegations against opposition parties.
Roy also felt that the chief minister as the head of the state should instead use all means to find amicable solutions to the problem and should not have said that there will be no further talks with ngos, which he felt is totally wrong approach.
The chief minister had also hinted when people, referring to Paul Lyngdoh who was the former urban affairs minister, and now a staunch supporter of ILP , are out of the government they suddenly say ILP is the only answer to influx suggesting that they (those who are out of power and now staunch ILP supporters) do not want to address the issue of influx and that is why their behaviour is reflected in this manner.”
Reacting to this, UDP working president Paul Lyngdoh said, “Mukul is my contemporary in politics and why do I need to take a certificate from him.” Stating that it is natural for UDP to react on issues since it is the government’s political rival, Paul also advised Sangma not to give due attention to his rival, but instead be more careful about his enemies from within his party (Congress).
Paul however stated had the state government done a follow up on the recommendation of the subcommittee on influx headed by him during 2004, the issue of influx would have been minimize. The sub-committee had submitted recommendation on the implementation of the Interstate Migrant Workmen Act 1979. The committee had also frame the rules of the IMWA for the state but till today the Act is yet to be implemented by the state government, Paul said.
Paul said, “We at that time had updated the rules whereby we recommended that migrant work permit should be of 179 days to prevent outside labourers to have the right to decide on our political destiny,” Lyngdoh said adding since if anybody from outside completed his or her stay 180 days (6 months) that individual will have the right to vote.
Paul said had the recommendation of this committee be implemented, the issue of influx to a great extent would have been curtail as massive inflow of labourers has to larger extent contributed to the illegal influx into the state.
Paul also said that the chief minister’s claimed that his government has created the posts of labour inspectors as a run up to the need to address the issue of influx was part of the recommendation of the subcommittee headed by him which had specifically said that there is a need for the creation for the posts of labour inspectors.- By Our Reporter
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