Karat blames Cong for N.C. Hills scam
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat here on Monday held the ruling Congress government responsible for the unprecedented corruption in NC Hills of Assam.
Stressing the need of a non-Congress and non-BJP government in the state, Mr Karat told reporters that revelation of corruption in the NC Hills was the tips of an iceberg. Infact, the entire state is reeling under the corruption. Mr Karat also announced to raise `1000-crore NC Hills scam in Parliament.
Mr Karat said that corruption has retarded the development process, citing the public distribution system (PDS), NREGA, etc. as some of the major areas of corruption in recent times.
He said, “If a district like the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council can have a `1,000-crore scam, what will be the scale of corruption in the entire state. The Congress, along with all other communal forces, should be defeated for a clean and corruption-free government.”
He also announced that Left political parties have already started exercise to identify the constituencies and secular alliances for the Assembly elections in the state. He indicated that Left political parties are open to forge an electoral alliance with secular forces.
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Telangana decision soon: PC
age correspondent
New Delhi
Jan. 31: Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that there has been no “delay’’ in convening the much-awaited meeting of eight political parties of Andhra Pradesh on the Telangana issue. Stating that a decision on the next meeting will be taken very soon, Mr Chidambaram said that all parties will be invited to ascertain their views on the Srikrishna Committee report.
“I intend to consult my senior colleagues and fix a date. We will fix a date in the next few days,” Mr Chidambaram said at a press conference here. The home minister avoided a question whether there is any time-frame to decide the Telangana issue.
Mr Chidambaram said the meeting would give him an opportunity to hear the final views of the political parties after making available to them the full report of the Srikrishna Committee on the Telangana issue. “It is necessary. When I said I will call the next meeting, they (the political parties who attended the January 6 meeting) said yes, please call another meeting. Next meeting is necessary for them to give me their final views,” he said.
Asked whether all eight parties would attend the meeting as TRS, the home minister said, “I will invite all eight parties.”
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