Shillong, Aug 19: The Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress has described the recent statement by the Chief Executive Member of the GHADC as a “statement of failure.”
The council is in a financial crisis with employees owed salaries to the tune of nearly four years’ worth.
MPYC state president Timjim K Momin today said that the CEM’s recent announcement that employees’ salaries will now be directly disbursed through the state government is not a solution but a confession of failure. “It proves that the NPP-led Executive Committee has collapsed under its own corruption, mismanagement, and mistrust,” Momin said. “Salary disbursement is the most basic duty of any administration. By surrendering this responsibility to the state government, the EC has openly admitted that it cannot be trusted to manage even the simplest functions of governance.”
The MPYC leader also said that this move exposes contradictions in the NPP’s stand as previously the Chief Minister, the NPP supremo, has stated that the Meghalaya government has no role in nor is it accountable for the functioning of the GHADC.
“This is not only hypocrisy but also a clear vote of no-confidence by the state government against its own MDCs in GHADC,” Momin opined. “The employees, meanwhile, continue to be the biggest victims of this collapse — suffering unpaid wages, humiliation, and uncertainty for years.”
He also castigated for, he claimed, not reforming or strengthening the council with even basic reforms unimplemented.
“Instead of accountability, the NPP chooses to shift blame to previous ECs. But this excuse has no ground — because for over ten long years, GHADC has been in their hands,” Momin said.
