Assam: UPPL Demands Probe into Rs 1000 cr Anomalies in BTC during BPF Rule

Kokrajhar, May 2, 2020:

The United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) has accused the Bodoland People's Front of perpetrating a Rs 1,000 crore corruption and anomalies during their rule. The UPPL has also urged the Assam Governor to initiate an investigation regarding the misappropriation of government funds during the 17 years of rule.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, UPPL CWC member and RTI activist Prithviraj Narayan Dev Mech said that there are reports of Rs 1000 cr anomalies in the BTC administration in various departments, including Panchayat & Rural development (P&RD) and Welfare for  plain tribes and backward classes (WPT & BC), which have come to the fore in RTI clarification reports.

He informed that the anomalies occurred during the 2012-2019 years in the council and several leaders and contractors were involved.

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Making bold claims, Mech further alleged that BPF leaders and contractors are now "stricken with panic" as their corrupt practices could come to the fore in the ensuing period of Governor's rule.

Mech said that there are more than 1000 crore's scams in the Panchayat & Rural Development (P&RD) and Welfare for Plain tribes and Backward classes (WPT & BC) departments in the council where executive members and several contractors were involved, an RTI report revealed.

While highlighting about the details and authentication of the anomalies reported in the RTI report, Mech has mentioned the names, details and addresses of the contractors/suppliers with whom former BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary and former BTC executive members Doneswar Goyary and Rajib Brahma had perpetrated an alleged "scam" of Rs 1000 crores in the BTC region.

It may be mentioned here that Mech had filed an RTI with the concerned departments seeking reports over the alleged corruption and anomalies in the departments, and accordingly, the anomalies were reported in the RTI report.

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Adding that legal action will be initiated "very soon" against "corrupt" BPF political leaders, Mech added that the BPF-ruled BTC administration had "failed" to fulfill the hopes of the people. He has now appealed the Governor of Assam to initiate an immediate investigation into all the alleged "irregularities and misappropriation of government funds."

Notably, Governor's Rule was imposed in Bodoland Territorial Council region from April 27 following the expiry of the BPF-ruled BTC administration's tenure. Governor Mukhi has since appointed Rajesh Prasad as the administrator and Siddhartha Singh as the BTC principal secretary, and they assumed their offices at the Secretariat on April 30 last.

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