Siliguri: Darjeeling district Left leaders on Monday
accused the state government of allowing corruption at the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration (GTA) and in other development boards in the
hills.
The leaders have also demanded a high-level inquiry on the
functioning and utilisation of funds of all the boards, including the
GTA.
"We condemn the manner in which the state has allowed the GTA
to function by forming a board of administrators. The state is allowing
the functionaries to indulge in corruption. We want the GTA board to be
formed in a proper manner through elections," Asok Bhattacharya,
Siliguri MLA and mayor, said.
"We want a thorough inquiry of the functioning of the bodies,
the projects taken up by them and utilisation of funds," Bhattacharya
added.
Trinamul leaders denied Bhattacharya's claim.
"Bhattacharya and his party colleagues should clarify as why,
for several years, the then Left government did not took any initiative
to conduct proper audits of DGHC that was provided with hundreds of
crore," said a Trinamul leader.
The Telegraph