Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday slammed the former chief minister Mukul Sangma over the allegations against the implementation of the FOCUS scheme by the MDA government.
Speaking to reporters, Tynsong reminded the former chief minister that he had also distributed cattle and gave Rs 5,000 to each family in 2017 before the elections.
“In fact it was so irregular I should say. Therefore, I think you should ask Dr Mukul Sangma himself.”
Mukul Sangma had alleged that the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government led by National People’s Party has no unique scheme which does not root from the Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP).
Tynsong said, “…let Mukul say anything whatever because he doesn’t have any issues anymore to say and I know well people also do not trust him anymore.”
The deputy chief minister however claimed that the schemes introduced by the MDA have to a great extent benefited the people across the state.
“What we are doing right now be it FOCUS or be it PRIME, we are doing well and people who received it also be it SHGs or be it cooperative societies, they are being blessed by the schemes we implemented.”
Meanwhile, the deputy chief minister said that Mukul Sangma was chief minister of the state for eight years but he has failed to ensure completion of important projects, which are pending for decades.