Minister Dilip Saikia intervenes in Darrang CWC and JJB lists after MP raises doubts

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MANGALDAI: Amid questions being raised by none other than the Mangaldai Parliamentarian and reports in a section of daily newspapers regarding transparency and possibilities of depriving the deserving candidates of the district-level committee empowered to recommend a list to the state-level committee for approval, the State Social Welfare Department has held up their decision to constitute a new Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) for Darrang district.

The government on Tuesday issued a notification to constitute these new committees in different districts across the State for a fresh tenure of three years for implementation of the JJ Act (care and protecting children), 2015. However, Darrang was not included in the list following timely intervention of State Social Welfare Minister Ajanta Neog .

"The whole matter was brought to the notice of the minister, requesting her to take a serious look and do what she thinks to be right. She assured me to do the needful and accordingly she kept her word. If necessary she may go for a fresh selection process in the district," said Parliamentarian Dilip Saikia while talking to media persons over phone after publication of the new lists of committees for other districts of the State.

Earlier, Parliamentarian Saikia had developed doubts following information that a vested interest circle was instrumental in empanelling some candidates of their choice while dropping a couple of deserving candidates from the list. His doubts grew stronger when the district administration officials at the helm of affairs reportedly failed to clear his doubts with necessary documentary proof.

In the wake of such 'ifs and buts', the Social Welfare Department suddenly released the District Social Welfare Officer-cum-District Child Protection Officer (DCPO), who was in the important post of member secretary in the district-level committee, from the additional charge of DCPO and posted another officer of the department with additional charge of DCPO.

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