BJP demands sacking of Prithviraj
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 27 2013 :
Exerting pressures on the ruling Congress led Government, Bharatiya Janta Party, Manipur Pradesh has demanded immediate sacking of MLA Prithviraj from the post of Parliamentary Secretary before the issue turns ugly in the light of charges leveled against him of providing wrong information in his affidavit submitted for contesting in the election to the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly.
Addressing media persons at its office in Nityaipat Chuthek here today, Y Nilamani, Spokesperson of BJP, Manipur Pradesh, stated that MLA Prithviraj should be immediately sacked from the post of Parliamentary Secretary before thing turns for the worst or else, BJP, Manipur Pradesh would discuss the matter with its national leaders for bringing up the issue in the Parliament.
He informed that to discuss the issue a meeting had already been conducted between the party's State President Th Chaoba and representatives of various social organizations and CSOs of Moirang assembly constituency.
In the said meeting, party President had made it clear that BJP takes the issue very seriously and if at all MLA Prithviraj is found guilty he should be punished under the People's Representative Act.
Nilamani went on to point out that cheating the general public by disguising oneself as a highly qualified individual is a very rare case not only in Manipur but also in the whole country.
It was because Prithviraj had given wrong information in his affidavit for contesting in the election that his arch rival in the election, P Sarat of NCP had to make a complaint to the RO.
However, since the RO failed to take up necessary actions against Prithviraj, he (P Sarat) filed an RTI and came to known Prithviraj was not a student of MBA in Mysore University during the year 2003-04.Consequently, ECI took up the complaint of P Sharatchandra and has directed the CEO, Manipur to check whether the information provided in the affidavit saying that the highest educational qualification of Prithviraj is MBA, is true or not.
It may be mentioned that Prithviraj got elected from 27-Moirang Assembly Constituency as Congress MLA by defeating his rival candidate P Sharatchandra Singh of Nationalist Congress Party in the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly Election held in January 2012.He is presently the Parliamentary Secretary in charge of Youth Affairs and Sports.