IMPHAL, April 19 (EMN): Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh has appealed to the general public to extend support and cooperation in rooting out corruption from the State. “Only the government cannot take up the initiative unless our general public supports the move,” says Biren. “The public should not take cash or kind for community feasting etc from their representative during the election time. Besides they should not bribe for jobs etc.”
He was speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of All India Radio, Imphal sponsored annual Spring Music Concert -‘Yenningthagee Eshei’ here on Wednesday.
He said that Manipur has no dearth of talents but the State is plagued with corruption. As such, people should take a proactive role in ending all forms of corruption, he observed.
Stating that the present State Government understands the mental dilemma endured by the parents and candidates who had appeared in the police recruitment conducted by the previous Government, N. Biren said that the present coalition Government would declare the results of the said examination soon after reviewing the recruitment process.
Observing that corruption starts from the people, the Chief Minister made his earnest appeal to the people of Manipur not to encourage any form of corrupt activities/practices in the coming days.
Announcing that his Government would also recruit many State security personnel soon, N. Biren urged the public to stay away from corrupt practices in the said recruitment.
The Chief Minister also said that no money/fund for any developmental project would be released if photos of work progress are not uploaded regularly on the Government website.
Opining that change should always start with self, N. Biren reiterated that the State Government is fully committed to giving a transparent and clean administration to the people.
N. Biren also said that he would apprise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu about various inadequacies of All India Radio, Imphal and grievances and inconveniences being faced by the staff of the radio station at the earliest.
The Chief Minister also informed the gathering that the State Government is planning to construct a guesthouse/bhavan in Mumbai, stating that land had already been acquired by the previous Government.
During his speech, the Chief Minister also accepted AIR Imphal’s offer of earmarking a 15-minute slot every month to broadcast his speech on the lines of Prime Minister’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme.
Works and information and public relations Minister Th. Biswajit and National School of Drama, New Delhi Chairman Ratan Thiyam also attended the function as guest of honour and president respectively.
In his speech Biswajit said that radio is the best medium where the Government can promote its works/activities and welfare schemes adding that majority of the people are still listening radio although IT and social media had made remarkable progress in the past few years while Ratan Thiyam urged the new Government to put in effort to popularise art and culture of the State by synergising it with tourism.
