Mizoram opposition apologises for "false" TA bill

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Aizawl, Sep 4 (UNI) Both the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) and Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) have apologised for opposition legislative for claiming false travel entitlement without actually making the trips.

ZNP's national executive committee has issued a resolution here today saying that two of its legislators have given an undertaking that they would no longer avail the free travel entitlement because of the public condemnation.

The resolution, however, said the party saw nothing wrong in following what had been practised by legislators for long before the latest exposure. It has also criticised the system of free travel as well as ordinary TA and said both facilities should not be made available to ministers and others.

Praising the Right to Information Act, which brought about the revelation of the false TA bills, the party said the Centre had forced the state government to adopt the Act.

He said his party supports the new Act.

Meanwhile, MPCC president and opposition leader Lalthanhawla has also come out with a statement today and said the Congress was not going to try and justify itself on the issue of false free travel bills. ''If some rules had been bent by Congress legislators in availing the free travel facilities, I, as president of MPCC beg the forgiveness of the people of Mizoram and of the living God. In order to avoid any future occurrences of this type, I give the assurance that our party MLAs will take utmost care,'' Lalthanhawla said.

He also said while RTI Act is being used for the purpose it was enacted, people should take care to see that it is not used to create animosity between persons or for the purpose of vengeance. On the other hand, Former Legislators of Mizoram (FLAM) has come out with a press release on the controversial issue saying that the ZNP president Lalduhoma had his facts wrong when he said the free travel facility for legislators had been available from 1990 and said the correct year was 1991.

''Before 1991, no legislator had availed this facility since it was not there and not every legislator had availed the facility even after it was available as claimed by Lalduhoma,'' the FLAM release stated.

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