DIMAPUR, MARCH 17 (MExN): The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) and the Nagaland Tribes Action Committee (NTAC) today objected to former Chief Minister, TR Zeliang allegedly appending his signature as the CM on the list of beneficiaries under the Chief Minister’s Road Development Fund (CMRDF) for 2016-17 amounting Rs12,50,00,000.
A joint statement from the JCC and the NTAC stated that while Zeliang had relinquished office on February 19, the document dated March 8 shows him to have appended signature as CM.
“His reappearance to sign as Chief Minister in the distribution of beneficiaries on 8-3-2017 is an insult to the voice of the people by the force of which he was dislodged from the position. This seemingly also invalidates Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu’s having taken over as the new Chief Minister on 22nd February 2017,” the JCC and NTAC said.
Terming this as a case of “blatant bamboozling and abetment of corruption in the system of governance and management of the state of affairs in Nagaland,” they accused the former CM of “manipulating even the highest echelon of governance.”
“The play of cheap politics of corruption and nepotism and greedy clamour for power by TR Zeliang is revealed once again. Whether the issue is of a claimed leakage of document which is of immense public interest or coincidental detection of dishonest big business dealings, since the cat is out of the bag, the matter needs to be treated as opportune and precise privilege to be given utmost seriousness…” it added.
The organizations asked the Governor to “ensure stringent action upon the lapses and avoid embarrassment brought entirely to the whole state even if it fails to irk the sentiment of the very person occupying the chair of the state’s Chief Minister...”
Alleging that the office of the CM is being used for “political interest on ground of pure preferential treatment which possibly is unconstitutional if not unethical,” the JCC and NTAC demanded that it is time for the people of Nagaland to “be allowed emancipation from play of corrupt politics by TR Zeliang.”
