Bithika alleged, the erstwhile BJP Board led by Rajendra Brahmachari had ‘sold the SMB office at Fatak Bazar’ and even planned to sell a portion of the samshanghat to a group.
She also alleged that Brahmachari used to withdraw Rs 40-50 thousand from the SMB exchequer in each of his trips to Guwahati, but she being the chairperson did not take a single paise from SMB. She said she had even refused the official car, telephone and a peon.
Bithika said that even after she was elected as the MLA, she was allowed to continue as the SMB chief as office of profit could not be applied to her.
Bithika also claimed that not even an inch of the Municipality land was disposed during her tenure. Rather, Goldighi Shopping Mall would have enable SMB to earn Rs 5 crore annually from the rent of the shops and parking place. But instead, "The next Board would reap the harvest", she added.
Bithika Dev along with her husband and former Union Minister Sontosh Mohan Dev and Town Congress President Sajal Acharjee alleged that the BJP has started the rumour before campaigns to ruin their reputation.
Meanwhile, Dev, in an open attack to his arch-rival Kabindra Purkayastha, the newly elected BJP MP alleged, Purkayastha during his stint of 13 months as the Union minister built a palace of 13,000 square feet. This time he had made his son, who is a casual worker of Prasar Bharati, the nominee for his MPLAD fund.
Dev further said the UPA government has announced a scheme named Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana for the slum areas for every town. The slum dwellers would receive a house and they would also come under the Security for Food Act. SOURCE: THE SENTINEL
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