Congress Slams Centre over ‘Generosity’ to Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday slammed the “generous” Election Commission and a “super generous” Central government for reducing the disqualification period of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang after his conviction in a corruption case.

The Election Commission reduced Tamang's disqualification period to 13 months, which ended on September 10, thus enabling him to contest polls. Prem Singh Tamang, who had earlier spent a year in jail after being convicted in a corruption case, had also been barred from contesting elections for six years.

Tamang was found guilty in 2016 of misappropriating government funds in a cow distribution scheme when he was the Minister for Animal Husbandry in the 1990s. The verdict was upheld by the state high court as well as the Supreme Court. He had moved the Election Commission to waive his disqualification period. (IANS)

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