MP-LAD SCAM IN COOCH BEHAR

Rajya Sabha member alleges scam in MP-LAD fund

The MP-LAD scam in Cooch Behar got a new dimension on Tuesday. Cooch Behar MP (Rajya Sabha), Tarini Roy alleged that Rs 4-crore has been drained out from his Local Area Development fund towards 34 projects. He never recommended assistance to the said projects, he claimed.

Earlier, a few days ago, the Cooch Behar MP (Rajya Sabha), Nripendra Nath Roy (Forward Bloc) alleged of misappropriation of money from his MP-LAD fund. The amount of money that was cheated out from his fund was about 2-crore, sources said. Following Roy's complaint the District Magistrate of Cooch Behar, Mohan Gandhi inquired into the matter and lodged an FIR at Kotowali Police Station against the concerned dealing clerk of his office. Since then, the man named Pradip Chakraborty is absconding. Police however initiated a probe into the allegation.

In this perspective, another MP of Cooch Behar, a member of Rajya Sabha, Tarini Roy (CPI-M) today came out with a fresh allegation. He met the DM yesterday and while inquiring the status of his MP-LAD fund, the DM handed over a list of projects recommended by the MP. Examining the list he found that there were 34 projects that were never recommended by him. The estimated implementation cost of the projects was Rs 4-crore. An astonished Roy immediately submitted a written complaint to the DM and demanded inquiry into the matter. The DM, Gandhi, however assured that he already took measures against the concerned dealing clerk by filing an FIR and ordered a probe into the matter.

Tarini Roy, who is also the secretary of the CPI-M's Cooch Behar district unit, alleged that the misappropriation from the MP-LAD fund has been committed after change of power in the state. The main suspect, Chakraborty is also a Trinamul Congress man. A proper inquiry may unearth the truth, he believes.   

The sum of total money in the scam of MP-LAD funds of two MPs is more than 7-crore, sources claimed. Though the Forward Bloc is dealing the matter in a low tune, the CPI-M is trying to deal it otherwise. As the MP (Rajya Sabha), Tarini Roy disclosed his allegations to the media persons it is believed that the party may use the issue in the ensuing three-tier Panchayat elections. 

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