The Bharatiya Janata Party has stated that the Congress is playing petty politics during the Covid-19 pandemic too. Leveling this allegations, the BJP State chief spokesman Munna Singh Chauhan questioned the objections raised by the Congress to the DM being authorised under the guidance of the Minister in-charge for spending district plan funds.
He pointed out that article 243 K (1) of the constitution authorises the State election commission and not the government to discharge the responsibility of conducting district planning committee (DPC) elections. The state election commission had started the election process on time, completing the process from filing of nomination upto withdrawal of nomination. However, the commission stopped further process in the election due to the lockdown enforced in view of Covid-19. “Leveling allegations to question the capability and impartiality of a constitutional body like the election commission is improper.
The Congress should understand that this temporary arrangement has been made in view of the Covid health emergency to enable execution of necessary public welfare works in absence of DPC.
The allegation that this will fuel corruption is arbitrary because the DPC is not the executing agency. The expenditure will be made as earlier through the departments concerned. The Congress is unnecessarily playing narrow politics on this issue even in this difficult time,” said Chauhan.
