Tripura Cong demands white paper on central flow of fund

Agartala, Sep 1: To resolve the ongoing controversy between the Centre and state over flow of fund, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee president Birajit Sinha demanded publication of a ‘white paper’ detailing central funding including sponsored schemes to the state. He said left front government in its 25 years tenure never ever expressed satisfaction or found happiness with the Centre so far as funding to the state was concerned. “It appeares to be an inherent character of the leftists in Tripura to be always dissatisfied with the support and fund given by the central government but they never accept their failure . On the other hand the Centre has a standing complaint against Tripura of not utilising fund or submission of utilisation certificate on time,” Sinha stated. 'Whenever union ministers come to Tripura even they make allegations of non-utilisation of funds sanctioned for various centrally sponsored schemes by the state government, which has become a political exercise in the state. “ We need clarification on the issue to dispel all confusion on the matter. We demand the Centre should come out with a white paper detailing the fund flow and to the state and details of utilisation have been submitted by Tripura government,” Sinha pointed out. He further alleged that Prime Minister Awas Yojana scheme for housing for the poor was not being properly implemented in Tripura as there was defective and motivated selection of beneficiaries by the party in power. “There is no doubt that the scheme is good but success of a scheme depends wholly on implementation at the ground level,” Sinha said adding that Congress would organise demonstrations in front of all civic bodies to press for impartial selection of beneficiaries and effective implementation of the scheme. He expressed dismay over the critical waterlogging situation in Agartala and other towns of the state whenever there is a rain and said, “It shows the failure of the civic bodies; they must be seek a permanent solution to the problem.” Sinha, however, accused BJP of occupying the party offices of Congress across the state. UNI