IMPHAL, Jan 9: A press statement signed by Nonglen Meitei of the banned Maoist Communist Party, Manipur has said that the people of Manipur are suspicious that the BJP Manipur must have taken a huge amount of money from the `corrupt government`\u009d to keep mum regarding the Loktak scandal and demanded the BJP Manipur for a clarification regarding the issue.<\/p>\n
After the Loktak scandal was exposed by Tehalka, a magazine based in Delhi, in 2010 the follow up actions taken up by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems very fishy, it said.<\/p>\n
There is a strong suspicion that the leaders of the BJP Manipur must have taken a huge amount of money from `CM Ibobi and his family, who are the main accused in the said scandal`\u009d, to bring an end regarding the issue, Maoist said.<\/p>\n
The then BJP national president Nitin Gadkari submitted a memorandum to the then President of India Pratibha Patel on February 17, 2011 charging corruption of above Rs 63,000 crore in the north east states, it further said.<\/p>\n
In that memorandum, it was mentioned that Rs 5000 crore has been misused in the state of Manipur. The memorandum also expressed serious concern regarding the `Loktak lake multi crore scam`\u009d and urged the President to set up a special court and to handover the case to NIA and CBI to find out the culprits, it recounted.<\/p>\n
Maoist in its statement also recounted others BJP leaders submitting memorandum to the concern authorities urging to take action regarding the issue including BJP Manipur president Th Chaoba.<\/p>\n
Narendra Modi during his visit to Manipur for the MP election had also promised to bring out the truth regarding the Loktak issue, it said.<\/p>\n
Now it has passed six months that the BJP is maintaining silence over the issue. Narendra Modi during his visit to Manipur to attend the Sangai Festival had not said a single word on the issue, it resented.<\/p>\n\n