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Jairam Ramesh, member of Parliament and AICC observer, on Saturday expressed shocked at the Election Commission of India's statement on the issue of large payments allegedly paid to banned militant groups by the Manipur government, saying it murdered elections in 11 seats of the state Legislative Assembly. "Shockingly ECI held large payments to banned militant groups made on 1.1.22 & 1.3.22 by Manipur Govt do not violate Model Code of Conduct. They do & I’m petitioning Supreme Court. Payments were suddenly released during poll period after long gap. It murdered elections in 11 seats!" Continuing to attack the BJP government in a series of tweets, Jairam Ramesh asserted that not paying government salaries but making payments to banned militant groups by the BJP state government in Manipur is in complete violation of the ECI moral code of conduct. "Govt salaries not being paid but banned militant groups are getting payments under the BJP state govt in Manipur. This is shocking and it has not happened anywhere else in the country," the AICC observer tweeted. Speaking to mediapersons at MPCC office in Imphal on March 3, Ramesh said: "In a shocking and flagrant violation of the Election Commission model code of conduct, the BJP-led Manipur government released Rs 15,70,32,000 to banned militant groups under SoO on January 1 and another Rs 92,65,950 on March 1". Reliable sources said that the payment was released by the Union Home Ministry and made by the state government, he said, adding, "This is in complete violation of the code of conduct is nothing more than bribery and corruption". On Friday, Manipur Chief Election Officer Rajesh Agrawal said the sanctioning of payments by the government to Kuki insurgent groups under Suspension of Operation (SoO) does not violate the Model Code of conduct (MCC). The Congress party on Thursday alleged that the state government released Rs 15,70,32,000 to banned militant groups under SoO on January 1 and another Rs 92,65,950 on March 1, violating the model code of conduct. The CEO office said it received clarification from the Central Home and Finance departments that an amount of Rs 15.703 crore was released as a "backlog monthly stipend" for SoO groups under KNO and UPF for the months of October 2020 to September 202l. A sum of Rs 6,000 per cadre per month for approved strength of 1122 cadres of KNO and 1059 cadres of UPF was released as a part of the regular ongoing programme since 2008, said the CEO’s statement. Quoting the department concerned, the CEO office said that a sanctioned amount of Rs 1.02 crore was for payment of financial benefits to surrenderees as per Revised Scheme for surrender cum rehabilitation of militants in the Northeast states and the same is not related to SoO groups. “Since the beneficiaries of the above scheme were already identified and approved before the announcement of the election and enforcement of the model code of conduct, there is no violation of the model code of conduct,” the CEO, Manipur said.
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आयोगको कारवाही स्पष्टीकरणमै सीमित प्रदेश नम्बर २ को स्थानीय तहको चुनावको प्रचारप्रसारका क्रममा आचार संहिता पालना नगरेका करिब ३५० वटा घटना उपर निर्वाचन आयोगले कारवाही गरेको बताएको छ। पछिल्ला दिनमा राजनीतिक दल र उम्मेदवारसंगै सरकारले समेत निर्वचान आचार संहिता उल्लंघन गर्ने क्रम बढेको उसको भनाइ छ। तर त्यस्ता उल्लंघनकर्तालाई आयोगले स्पष्टीकरण सोध्ने भन्दा ठूलो कारबाही गर्न सकेको छैन। आचार संहिता पालना नगरेको पुष्टि भए एक लाख रुपियाँ जरिवानादेखि उम्मेदवारी रद्द गर्नेसम्म प्रावधान निर्वाचन आचार संहिता निर्देशिकामा उल्लेख छ। स्पष्टीकरण आयोगले हालसम्म कसैलाई पनि त्यस्तो कारबाही गरेको छैन। आचार संहिता उल्लंघन भएका घटनामा निर्वाचन आयोगले गरेको कारबाहीबारे प्रवक्ता नवराज ढकालले भने, "करिब ३५० वटा उजुरी प्राप्त भएका छन्। ती सबैमा कारबाही किनारा लगाएका छौं। जरिवाना गर्ने र उम्मेदवारी रद्द गर्नु अगाडि धेरै काम गर्न पर्ने हुन्छ। त्यसैले स्पष्टीकरण सोध्ने काम गरेका छौं।" उपप्रधान एवम् संघीय मामिला तथा स्थानीय विकासमन्त्री विजयकुमार गच्छदार र सिंचाइ राज्यमन्त्री अमरसिंह पुनले आचारसंहिता उल्लंघन गरको भन्दै आयोगले २४ घण्टे स्पष्टीकरण सोधेको थियो। त्यस्तै सोमबार प्रधानमन्त्री शेरबहादुर देउवाले सरकारमा केही मन्त्री थपेका थिए। जवाफ त्यस लगत्तै आयोगले सोधेको स्पष्टीकरणको सरकारले जवाफ पठाएको प्रवक्ता ढकालले बताए। उनले भने, "त्यो स्पष्टीकरणमा उहाँहरु आचार संहिता पालनामा प्रतिबद्ध रहेको लेखेर पठाउनु भएको छ।" सरकारले गर्नै पर्ने अति आवश्यक काममा आचार संहिता सकेसम्म बाधक नहुने निर्वाचन आयोगले बताउँदै आएको छ। राजनीतिक दल जिम्मेवार नहुँदासम्म निर्वाचन आयोगलाई यस्ता घटनाको कारबाही गर्न गाह्रो हुने एकजना पूर्वप्रमुख आयुक्त सूर्यप्रसाद श्रेष्ठको भनाइ छ। गाह्रो उनले भने, "राजनीतिक दलले जबसम्म चुनावको स्वछ्ताको पालना गर्दैन तबसम्म निर्वचान आयोगले मात्र केही गर्न सक्दैन।" चुनावको प्रचार प्रसारमा बालबालिका प्रयोग भएको र कतिपय ठाउँमा विद्यालय परिसरभित्रै प्रचार प्रसार भएको जस्ता समाचार आएका छन्। निर्वाचन आयोगले बुधबार प्रमुख ७ राजनीतिक दललाई आचार संहिता पालना गर्न आग्रह गर्दै पत्राचार गरेको छ। चुनाव प्रचार भड्किलो र खर्चिलो हुँदै गइरहेको परिस्थितिमा आचार संहिता विपरीतका काममा स्पष्टीकरण माग गर्दैमा समस्या समाधान नहुने कतिपयको मत पाइन्छ।