DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 10 (MExN): The Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has demanded a thorough and proper investigation be carried out and strongest action on all those involved in the PDS scam which was unearthed on December 9, 2016 in Dimapur.
Lauding the ACAUT Nagaland team and the various colony councils for unearthing the multi-crore PDS rice scam in which some unscrupulous non-local businessmen in connivance with some Nagas have been fleecing the common people for the last couple of decades, the media cell, CNTC in a press statement on Saturday said the time is ripe for every right-thinking citizens to voice out against such malpractices and crooked transaction which are “sucking every morsel from the common man’s plate.”
“Many common Naga public had been deprived of various essential commodities like rice, sugar kerosene oil etc. by some crooked and dishonest non-local businessmen who are hand in glove with some nefarious local people,” the CNTC stated to this effect.
It demanded cancellation of tender order allotted to those involved in the siphoning of public essential commodities for their own selfish gain. It also questioned the motive of the Food and Civil Supplies Department for allowing private individuals to operate such godowns in private establishments other than the FCI designated godowns.
The CNTC also demanded that an open tender system should be floated in all the 73 blocks allotted for Nagaland state so that “our educated unemployed Naga youths will be benefitted and all essential commodities under the PDS will reach the common people in every nook and corner of the state.”
Meanwhile, the CNTC extended supported to the Governor of Nagaland P.B Acharya for his concern and speaking against about the prevailing corruption in Nagaland, which has rotted the very root of our moral fabric and completely deteriorate our integrity.
Pointing out that even though hundreds of crores are being sanctioned by the central government, the pathetic condition of our state roads, unpaid salaries, mid-day meal scams and fuel adulteration scam etc. tells the mismanagement at every level of governance.
The CNTC also wondered as to why anyone should be displeased or annoyed with the Governor’s straightforward voice against the corruption culture. “Unless every Nagas take corrective measures at the earliest we are doomed and our coming generations will curse and never forgive us.
Stating that many legislators and bureaucrats harp out lofty speeches about change and voices against corruption in various public functions, the CNTC however lamented that their actions are just the opposite.
It also observed that some legislators of late, are acting like a “messiah of unity and parroting wonderful make-believe speeches to our Naga society but what they do behind closed doors is just laughable and hilarious.”
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