
Foodgrain ‘scam’ hits Meghalaya
The Hindu
The Assam police had seized an estimated 1 lakh bags of rice from a private warehouse
An alleged foodgrain scam involving the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has added to the embarrassment of the Meghalaya government facing flak for poor management of the COVID-19 crisis. Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has denied his government’s involvement in the “scam” detected in adjoining Assam a few days ago. But the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a constituent of his coalition government, and the Opposition Congress, have demanded a probe. NGOs in the State have also slammed the government for shielding the supplier-official nexus and giving a long rope to “tainted companies” feeding off nutritional programmes meant for children, young girls and mothers to fight malnutrition, maternal and infant mortality.More Related News