Shillong, Dec 6: Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday called All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Saket Gokhale as “psycho” and informed that a defamation case will be filed on Wednesday against Gokhale for alleging that government misused Rs 632 crore meant for the Meghalaya Ecotourism Infrastructure Development Project under Meghalayan Age Limited.
Tynsong told reporters that the allegations should be substantiated with documents but “this man it seems he just knows from here and there and ultimately he puts it in the public domain and brings out the allegation in the form of a statement, which is totally wrong.”
He said the government can no longer tolerate such irresponsible acts.
“We have no more patience. The allegations made by him are baseless and wrong. By tomorrow, we are going to file a defamation case against this man, who unfortunately last night or today morning was also picked up by the Gujarat police because of the allegation he made against the Prime Minister. So you can understand the credential of the so-called national spokesperson of the AITC”, Tynsong said.
He informed that the Meghalaya Ecotourism Infrastructure Development Project is an externally aided project funded by New Development Bank (NDB).
“We got a sanction of Rs 732 crore and not as alleged Rs 632 for implementing different projects throughout the state right from 2022 till 2026 as per agreement signed between government and the NDB,” he said.
“So out of Rs 731 crore, the tender already called and allotted is only Rs 230 crore and others are in the pipelines.”, he added.
