Congress sent privilege notice to Meghalaya CM

Opposition Congress MLA Zenith M Sangma on Friday led Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. In violation of the privilege notice to Sangma, he allegedly misled the House on the power dues to NTPC.

He said that the information given by the Chief Minister to the House on March 9, while the failure of the government to discuss the reduction in speed, is a complete deviation from the actual content and intent of the 2007 power purchase agreement between NTPC and the State Electricity Board. .

Conrad Sangma told the House that NTPC is preparing the state government to pay ma 11 crores per month, while not even taking electricity from it and the state is not required to take electricity from it for the next 25 years.3 3,325 crores There is a possibility of paying. .

“I am giving notice to inform you that a motion for breach of privilege under Rule 158 of the Rules and Procedure and conduct of business in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly will be taken up by me on Monday, March 20, March 15,” Shri. Zenith M. Sangma said.

He cited a paragraph from the 2007 agreement, in which, in the event of a sufficient amount of default (in opening LC letters of credit cards), to pay all dues in accordance with this agreement, MESABI (Meghalaya State Electricity Board ) Read despite the obligations of. NTPC shall be entitled to regulate / divert the shares of MeSEB to any other wholesale power customer as per the provisions of the normal procedure for regulation of power supply issued by NTPC CERC, beyond the 60 days period of payment of favor or bill. Or any competent authority said that the Chief Minister had “knowingly concealed” the operational part of Para 2.2.4 and 12.0 of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between NTPC and MeSEB on March 20, the operational part of the tripartite agreement signed on 20 March. 2003 by State Government, Government of India and Reserve Bank of India.

The information in the para controls the content and sentiment of the PPA and the Chief Minister has misled the House by hiding the operational part of the Electricity Act 2003, he said.

In 2007, Mukul M Sangma, the current Leader of the Opposition, took charge of the electricity department and was Deputy Chief Minister in the Congress-led coalition government led by DD Lapang.

Mukul Sangma said on Thursday that the Congress would move a resolution against the Chief Minister for allegedly misleading the House on the power purchase agreement signed with NTPC in 2007. He also regretted that no one had tried to mislead the House and misinformed it. Apart from the Leader of the House.