JMB scam: Union ministry directs Assam Chief Secretary to take action

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has written to the Chief Secretary of Assam to take appropriate action regarding the alleged embezzlement of funds by the Jorhat Municipal Board (JMB), as per the letter of Diganta Saikia, president of Amguri Nabanirman Samitee in Sivasagar.

Earlier, he had approached the Gauhati High Court with PIL No. 20/2021, and a division bench had directed the Assam Government to place the CAG’s (Comptroller and Auditor General) report before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) within eight weeks to verify the contentions raised by him as regards the embezzlement of a large amount of money meant for public purposes. Diganta Saikia said, “Since no information was received from the PAC, I wrote to the Prime Minister’s office and the Union Housing and Urban Affairs to take necessary steps in this regard.”

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