IMPHAL, October 12: The Central Vigilance Commission New Delhi has directed the Union Cabinet Secretariat to initiate an investigation of the Loktak Lake scam of Rs 224 crores said BJP State spokesperson M Hemanta today.
Speaking at a press conference held at the party`™s Nityaipat Chuthek office today, Hemanta said the BJP Manipur president Th Chaoba had submitted a written complaint to the Prime Minister on June 14, 2014 urging to take proper action against the Loktak Lake scam concerning fund amounting to Rs 225 crores sanctioned for cleaning of phumdis.
BJP Manipur Pradesh general secretary (Administration) M Asnikumar alleged that Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in collaboration with a few of his henchmen have been siphoning off the funds meant for the general public of Manipur for the past more than one decade.
He claimed that it is an open secret that the CM is involved in many tender works through his related agencies and firms in violation of the Central Public Works Department norms and state PWD rules.
He asserted that the M/s K-Pro Infra Works Private Limited was awarded a huge sum meant for cleaning of the floating Phumdis (water Hyacinth) of Loktak Lake.
Although the sanctioned was meant for beautification of the lake it has only resulted in degrading the beauty of the lake, he claimed.
Regarding the `scam`™, the BJP MP Prahlad Singh Patel who is also the party`™s Manipur incharge had raised an issue in the Lok Sabha during its recent Monsoon session.
The Centre had also sought a detailed report from the State government, he said.
He said the Congress government has not completed a single development work in the State properly till date since 2002.
Even the Khuga Multipurpose Dam and Thoubal Multipurpose Dam haven`™t been completed till today instead they are creating more problems, he claimed.
He further charged that NEC funded projects like the Sekmai irrigation Dam were also poorly executed and as such it had been washed away by the water current.
Demanding the present status paper on Loktak Lake Phumdis clearing contract given to K-Pro Infra Works Pvt Ltd by the State government, the BJP has also asked as to why the chairman LDA has not made public the details and name of the promoters of the K-Pro Infra Work Pvt Ltd till today.
The BJP also said that the government should form an enquiry committee headed by a sitting Supreme Court Judge with a special auditor from the CAG reports, so that there will be independent and free and fair enquiry on the scam.