Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket S Gokhale has dared Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong to a face-to-face debate before the media on ‘misgovernance’ of the MDA government.
The challenge came after Tynsong yesterday chose not to respond to the accusations of the TMC on matters related to Shillong Smart City Ltd, collapse of the Meghalaya Assembly dome and anomalies in the contract processes.
Tynsong told reporters that if Gokhale wants reply he should come to Shillong and that the TMC was trying to create confusion for political mileage.
Gokhale in a letter to Tynsong today said, “Any date in the 1st week of October at your convenience is suitable for me. I eagerly hope you will accept my offer and await your response.”
“During this press conference, you were questioned about the facts of several irregularity that I, on behalf of the TMC, have raised over the last 2 months especially pertaining to the matter of Shillong Smart City Ltd and the collapse of the Meghalaya Assembly Dome and the anamolies in the contract process,” Gokhale said.
Gokhale added, “In response, you (Tynsong) failed to provide any answer to the allegations and instead referred to me and said that ‘If he is so concerned, let him come to Shillong and find out’.”
“I have been in Shillong constantly over the last 2 months and have seen first-hand the irregularities in the administration about the issues I have raised,” the senior TMC leader said. He further went on to say: “I am delighted to inform you that I will be back in Shillong in a week. And pursuant to your comment, I suggest that we together do a discussion/debate in the presence of the media in Shillong on the issues of misgovernance that I and the TMC have raised.”
Meanwhile, the Meghalaya Trinamool Congress in a press release said that the party is here to “expose the MDA Government’s continuous wrongdoings and their unholy nexus with disqualified contractors,” adding, “We will not step down until the people of Meghalaya are freed from the clutches of the MDA-inflicted misgovernance.”
