M’laya polls : NPP terms TMC’s poll promises ‘fallow’ and ‘fake’

SHILLONG, JAN 25: Ruling National People’s Party (NPP) on Wednesday hit out at the opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) over its Meghalaya poll promises, saying that their “political masters in Kolkata” should first address the “pathetic situation of the farmers in Bengal.”

The Conrad Sangma-led party also termed the poll farm promises by the TMC as “fallow” and “fake.”

“TMC’s fake promises could have been more realistic, had their political masters in Kolkata taken cognisance of the pathetic situation of the farmers in Bengal before strategizing for Meghalaya,” the NPP said.

“The farm promises by TMC has been vague and generic. They lacked concrete data on the number of farmers to be benefitted or type of interventions that would be taken up. Their promise are hollow and more of publicity stunt,” the party statement added.

Alleging the TMC’s sole motive is to deceive citizens, the NPP which is eyeing to regain power with a whopping victory, said, “Can’t restrict the public memory of the recent multicrore cattle smuggling scam in Bengal involving TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal.”

“It is just a matter of time, that the TMC would be taught a lesson by farmers and citizens of Meghalaya for their mischief and devious nature towards the state of Meghalaya, in pursuit of their electoral prospects,” the NPP said.

The NPP is upset over the poll promises of TMC which included financial assistance of Rs. 10000 annually, farm centre in all districts and farm crop insurance policy.

The NPP said the TMC leaders (Mukul Sangma and others while in Congress party) while they were in power from 2010 – 2018 “failed to understand the plight of the farmers and ignored them.”

“We feel that TMC and their leaders were in deep slumber during their tenure and are trying to replicate what NPP has already started. TMC should rely on local issues rather than thinking too much of what they did in Bengal and replicate the same in Meghalaya,” the NPP said.

Moreover, the NPP said the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government introduced the biggest farmers welfare scheme Focus and Focus plus.

“The TMC is scared and finding no way out to reach out to the farming community is promising financial assistance to the farmers, which the NPP government is already doing and has envisioned the scheme for next 10 years,” the NPP said.

600 complaints through the ‘C-vigil app’ thus far and action has been taken on 480 of these, while some were dropped by the authorities,” he explained.

Three special observers- Yogendra Tripathy, Vivek Johri and B. Murli Kumar -- held separate meetings with poll officials and district magistrates to review the preparations for the February 16 elections, he said.

The special observers also met with representatives of enforcement agencies, such as excise, narcotics, and customs, to discuss ways to keep a check on illegal activities, the CEO added.

GUWAHATI, JAN 25 (IANS): A man from Assam’s Darang district was detained on Wednesday for issuing ‘provocative’ statements in connection with the Bollywood movie ‘Pathaan’, said police.

The person identified as Mofidul Islam bought at least 120 tickets for Shah Rukh Khan’s latest release. He lives in the district’s Dhula area.

Speaking to IANS, Superintendent of Police of Darang district, Prasanta Saikia said, “Islam bought around 120 tickets of the ‘Pathaan’ movie. After that, he was saying some objectionable things, challenging others, and it could disturb communal violence in the area.”

According to the police, Islam targeted Bajang Dal and other right-wing organisations that had earlier raised objections to the release of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer movie. The man is a leader of the North-East Minorities Students’ Union (NEMSU).

“We detained him to avoid any untoward incident and registered a case under Section 107 IPC. He was later allowed to go home. We are keeping a close watch on him,” Saikia added.

“It appears that the sector officer went beyond the model code of conduct and applied black colour on a poster inside a private shop. Therefore, it is decided that the officer shall be put under suspension and disciplinary proceedings shall be initiated against him as per the relevant rules,” Additional Chief Electoral Officer UJ Mog said in a letter to the district magistrate of South Tripura on Tuesday. State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath said the Election Commission has taken the action after the BJP lodged the complaint.

“We want the poll panel to take action against those who were at fault in the Majlishpur incident of West Tripura on January 18. Issuing an advisory to the Congress is not enough. The party wants legal action against those who organised a bike rally at Majlishpur that had created a law and order problem there,” he said. The Congress had claimed that 15 party workers and functionaries, including AICC general secretary Ajay Kumar, were injured in the January 18 incident in the Jirania sub-division of West Tripura district. Voicing concern over the attack on a BJP leader at Aralia under the Banamalipur assembly constituency in West Tripura, the state minister said, “We want the police to arrest all accused persons, including the main culprit immediately,” he said.

BJP’s Banamalipur Mandal president (SC Morcha) Suman Das was injured when a group of unknown miscreants attacked him with sharp weapons. Chief Minister Manik Saha visited GBP hospital where the injured leader has been undergoing treatment and alleged that the Congressbacked goons had carried out the attack on Das.

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