KSU accuses MPA govt of misuse of public money

Shillong, Jul 19 (UNI) The ruling Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) today came under sharp criticism from the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) for the appointment of ''excess number of chairmen and vice-chairmen in different boards and corporations.'' In a statement issued here, the union termed the appointment of excess number of chairmen and vice-chairmen in different boards and PSUs as ''misuse of public money.'' The KSU statement came in the backdrop of Leader of Opposition D D Lapang and even Legislators of the coalition government expressing concern over the excess appointment of chairmen, vice-chairmen and deputy chairmen by the government.

Mr Lapang, a former Chief Minister, accused the government of increasing the number of appointees as chairmen in various boards by three-folds.

''It is pretty sad to see that though this government is trying to project itself as people-friendly, the reality shows the opposite.

The government cannot misuse public money to satisfy its party members by giving them posts of chairmen and vice-chairmen,'' KSU general secretary Hamlet Dohling said in a statement issued here.

The money going into payment of salaries of chairmen and vice-chairmen should be used for infrastructural development in rural areas of the state, the KSU leader pointed out.

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