Shillong,June 5: Rinaldo K Sangma, the GHADC MDC of Rongrong, has highlighted the irony of GHADC staff and some state government departments not getting their dues whereas the Chief Minister Conrad Sangma is busy distributing schemes..
“While the chief minister keeps himself occupied attending extravagant functions of dolling out crores and crores of govt funds to things which are inconsequential, the employees of the GHADC & the state govt in certain departments languish not being paid salaries for months pushing hundreds of families into unimaginable financial hardship”, Ronaldo said.
According to Rinaldo, it is appalling and a matter of grave concern that Garo Hills Autonomous District Council employees have not been paid for over 40 months and simultaneously, contractual doctors, teachers under Deficit Pattern, SSA and Under 3f rules, casual employees of certain line departments in the state government have been met with silence and excuses over their rightful dues for months.
The so-called “Double Engine Government” led by the NPP led Executive Committee in the GHADC in tandem with the ruling party in the state government has turned out to be nothing but a double burden on the common man. This continued failure of the NPP-led Meghalaya government to release the salaries and rightful entitlements of contractual doctors, and teachers appointed under the 3f rules, deficit and SSA patterns and casual employees, the NPP-led executive committee failing to pay the employees of the GHADC for more than 40 months now is strongly condemned, he said.
“This clear failure to prioritise the welfare of public servants is in stark contradiction to this government’s readiness to release public funds for consultants and political appointees. If the government claims to have financial constraints, then how is it being able to pay remuneration to political appointees and consultants while ignoring doctors, teachers, and casual employees of certain departments who form the integral spine of governance in Meghalaya?, he asked.
The discriminatory and unjust treatment exposes the true priorities of the present NPP- led government and the NPP-led EC.
“I call for the immediate release of all pending dues of the staff of the state government and the GHADC”, Rinaldo said.
