"Mithi Govt looting public money": Apang

Former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang has criticised the Mukut Mithi Government for, what it termed, its "utter failure in all fronts including law and order and fiscal management’. Mr. Apang, who was the chief minister of the State for 19 years said that being a senior politician, he did not like to criticise the Mithi Government during the last two years. But he could not remain a silent spectator any more after watching a "looting of public money by Ministers, MLAs and many bureaucrats". Mr. Apang who is the chairman of the Arunachal Congress Working Committee announced his party’s decision to launch an ‘Arunachal bachao movement’ soon to save the State from further disaster.

Mr. Apang said the Mithi government was "looting public money coming from the Planning Commission, North-Eastern Council and relief funds as if it was coming as their pocket expenses". "If such practices continued, the state would be left with only liabilities for the future generation" he cautioned.

Regarding law and order, Mr. Apang said crimes including abduction, extortion, robberies and murder had gone up alarmingly. Referring to Tirap and Changlang districts, he said ultras belonging to NSCN (K) and NSCN (I-M) had become active in the area and the leaders who were responsible for inviting and abetting insurgency in the area were now hiding in big cities leaving the common people at large. This government, he said had lost all credibility to bring the situation under control. He lamented that Upper Siang district was the worst afftected in the flash floods of June 11 last, but the government did not come out with proper relief measures.

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