All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) national spokesperson Saket Gokhale has challenged Chief Minister Conrad Sangma for an open debate in presence of the media on irregularities in the implementation of smart electricity meters, construction of new Assembly building, Shillong Smart City Ltd, Saubhagya Scheme, and the police vehicle scam.
“I look forward to your response and for a suitable date anytime according to your convenience in the first week of October for a public debate with any minister you’d nominate against me from the MDA government,” Gokhale said in a letter to Sangma today.
Responding to Sangma’s statement about not debating with ‘any Tom, Dick or Harry’, Gokhale in the letter to the chief minister reminded of their meeting in New Delhi where they had discussed a wide range of topics.
Gokhale also elaborated that he is the national spokesperson of Parliament’s second largest opposition party Trinamool Congress.
The AITC spokesperson directly questioned as to why the MDA government would be so afraid of a public debate if they have not resorted to any unscrupulous practices and have nothing to hide.
“It is to debate the issues of misgovernance in Meghalaya, for which, you do not need to know me,” he said in the letter to Sangma.
Gokhale also pointed out that several people from the ruling NPP including Rajya Sabha member and NPP State president Wanwei Roy Kharlukhi have used arbitrary excuses to escape from debating the prevailing misgovernance in Meghalaya.
Previously, Gokhale had also challenged Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong for an open debate on the “blatant misgovernance” by the NPP-led MDA government. However, Tynsong rejected the challenge and “failed to provide any substantial response”.
