SHILLONG
Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, on September 21, slammed Saket Gokhale, the national spokesperson for the opposition All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), for attempting to exploit the Shillong Smart City project to gain political mileage.
Talking to reporters, Tynsong said everything is there in black and white and on paper, but the party is trying to create a controversy for political gain.
Instead, he said, the party should disclose details regarding the Kolkata Smart City Limited.
“I will also ask him about his Kolkata Smart City Limited… tell me when their statement of accounts was filed as they started in 2016 and we started in 2018-19,” Tynsong stated.
Earlier, the AITC national spokesperson had asked the deputy chief minister to clarify as to why Shillong Smart City Ltd did not have an annual general meeting for three years – 2019, 2020 and 2021.
He had stated that if it did, the government needs to clarify and give proper justification as to why financials for these three years have not been filed by the company.
According to him, this issue is important and pertains to public money belonging to residents of Meghalaya as well as the people of India.