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UDP moves ECI against NPP for misusing FOCUS scheme

Shillong, Dec 21: The United Democratic Party (UDP) has lodged a complaint with the Chief Election Commissioner against ministers and legislators associated with the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) for allegedly misusing the FOCUS and FOCUS+ Scheme.

In the letter  UDP vice president Allantry F Dkhar alleged that there are some MLAs and ministers associated with NPP who are misusing the FOCUS and FOCUS+ Scheme which is in direct contradiction towards the officially declared beneficiaries who are farmers of Meghalaya.

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Dkhar said Meghalaya has launched a welfare programme  of Rs 200 crore.

The programme was developed by the state government in response to the financial troubles that farmers have experienced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

He said the chief minister Conrad K Sangma has visited numerous district and blocks across the state during the last 3 months.

Farmers are grouped into producer groups for this programme and each member of the group receives 5000 rupees.

The funds, according to Sangma, can be used as seed money to help farmers scale up their operations.

“What figures as an anomaly is the fact that certain MLAs as well as ministers are blatantly distributing such schemes in areas where farming is not possible.

This goes to show that for political benefit, misuse is the name of the game, he said.

“I strongly apprise your good office to kindly take note of this and execute relevant exercises, so as to not deprive the targeted farmers,” Dkhar said in the letter..

Earlier, the BJP leader Ernest Mawrie had criticised the NPP for misusing the scheme.

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