Govt holding back resignation letter of Cong candidate, APCC

Even as the heat and dust of electioneering for November 19 bye-election to Hayuliang Assembly seat is gaining momentum, the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has alleged the NEDA government in the state of "deliberately" holding the resignation letter of the Congress candidate who wants to resign from a government post to contest the election.
Public Health Engineering and Water Supply (PHE&WS) department chief engineer Lapalum Kri who, the official candidate of the Congress for the bye-poll, has applied Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) but till date the state government is yet to give its approval, APCC president Padi Richo alleged.

Richo said that Congress high command has approved of Kri's candidature and accordingly he had applied for VRS on September 5 last requesting the state government to accept it with effect from September 30.
"Surprisingly, the state government is yet to approve of Kri's VRS request, in spite of getting all the clearances, including vigilance.
On the other hand, resignation of Dasanglu Tulang Pul, the NEDA candidate contesting on BJP ticket, who is a government employee working as WC Meter Reader in the power department was readily accepted by the government," Richo alleged adding that NEDA is afraid of facing Congress in the by-poll sensing strong public support for the Congress candidate.