Staff Reporter

Shillong, July 21: Bernard N Marak, BJP leader, MDC and State Vice President in believing that people are being deprived of the facilities provided by the Center Government, have started a "CENTER SCHEME PASS-or-FAIL CAMPAIGN" in Garo Hills. This campaign aims to aware the people of the Center Schemes and then people are asked to declare whether the implementation of the Center Scheme by the State Government is "PASS-or-FAIL".

Marak said in a statement, "This is interesting because people are made to believe that Center is choosy and only part payment is given whereas the truth is political leaders have manipulated and hijacked the shemes for the benefit of their party."

He said the campaign aims to aware the people of the schemes, their rights and in what manner the schemes are being implemented with proof of the reports.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced more than 200 schemes for the poor and the youths but most of the villagers were deprived of even the basic facilities. We are also conducting a survey of the Center Schemes in Gambegre before the bye election and we found that schemes were politically manipulated. False report of incomplete projects was also submitted to the Center Government by some departments. People, in general are deprived of the basic facilities like water, house. toilet, road, free rice, wages, good schools, medical facilities etc which were provided by the Center Government for the welfare of the people but ground reality was not as visualised by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  People have also been made to believe that Center did not provide the basic schemes whereas the concerned departments in the State have not done much for the people and grossly violated the guidelines of the schemes. We are taking up the matter with the Center Government and the concerned departments. We might also take legal steps based on the complaints received from the villagers. Center Schemes are provided by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is our duty to monitor the proper implementation of these schemes," he added.