DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 8 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has submitted a memorandum to the Nagaland state Governor, PB Acharya expressing serious concern at the recent exposure of alleged black marketing of ‘PDS Rice’ in Mokokchung.
This was exposed during a raid conducted by the district administration and police where suspected pilfered rice in huge quantity were found in private godowns.
A press note from the Working President of the NPCC, P Ayang Konyak said that “in 2015 we have come across people making hue and cry on K oil distribution but the Food & Civil Supplies Department remained silent on the issue.”
The present issue, it stated is not an isolated case happening in the Mokokchung district, but the same practice is reportedly happening in Dimapur and other districts where PDS rice are hardly sold to the deserving people under ‘below poverty line’ and the PDS rice are sold in the open market at the exorbitant price.
It demanded that the Food & Civil Supplies Department has to take responsibility for the recent “scam” in Mokokchung, since “it is within their knowledge that the alleged suppliers are committing the mal-practices in dealing with PDS rice.”
The NPCC further demanded that the Governor immediately set up a High Level Enquiry Committee and take action against those officials from Food & Civil Supplies Department, Nagaland and the alleged suppliers who are involved in the PDS rice scam in Mokokchung district and the enquiry report be made public within a month’s time.
