SHILLONG, June 20: NPP Rajya Sabha MP, Dr WR Kharlukhi, on Thursday lodged a complaint against a youtuber for alleging corruption in the implementation of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).

Addressing the media, Kharlukhi said that he is open to any kind of investigation and would resign as MP if there is any corruption found in the implementation of his MP scheme.

“I have lodged a complaint with the cyber crime police station against a youtuber ‘RS Kharbani’ for alleging that I am corrupt and there is corruption in the implementation of my MP scheme,” he said.

“If anybody has proof and if anybody comes and give it to the press that I have taken such and such amount, I myself will write to the government and ask for a CBI enquiry and I am ready to go to jail…You can to go the villages, if they said at least this work was not done by them, it was done by Dr Kharlukhi’s man, I will resign that day (as MP),” the MP said while issue warning that he would go for defamation case against attempt by anybody to defame him.

“I am very transparent and I have 3 bank accounts. I am open to any raid (by any law enforcement agency),” he added.

Kharlukhi said that the allegation also comes at a time when he is nearly retiring from politics. “I am nearly 40 years in politics and I am going to retire (soon) and such things come out so I think I should clarify because I am open to any investigation any time,” he stated.

On the status of his MP scheme, the former NPP state president said he only started getting the MP scheme for 2022-2023 because there was no scheme given during the Covid pandemic. That time, he would recommend the schemes to the nodal officer (deputy commissioner), who would then send the same to the block development officers (BDOs) for releasing the fund to the beneficiaries that include village dorbars and organizations.

However the system changed for 2023-2024. Instead of the rural development department in Delhi, the scheme was released by the Parliament directly to the district officers and to the BDOs, he said.

Stating that there is nothing to hide, Kharlukhi said that he has fully implemented the Rs 5 crore sanctioned under MP scheme for 2022-2023 while the scheme for 2024, it has only now reached the beneficiaries. The delay was due to the general elections to the Lok Sabha, which concluded very recently.

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