High-rise scam: BJP, UDP demand Lyngdoh's resignation

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Press Trust of India Shillong
Last Updated : Jan 22 2016 | 7:02 PM IST
The Meghalaya BJP today demanded the resignation of Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh for her alleged role in granting permission to illegal high-rise in the state.
"The Congress government should remove the minister to allow a free and fair probe in the scam," BJP state president Shibun Lyngdoh said.
He said the minister should have stepped down on her own after being named in the CBI findings on the high rise scam.
The Opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has also demanded her removal for her alleged role in the scam.
"It is your prerogative, to immediately drop her (Lyngdoh) from the cabinet, considering the fact that till date, the minister has not taken any position on this matter," party general secretary A F Dkhar said in a letter to the Chief Minister.
In its January 7 order, the Meghalaya High Court had granted the CBI permission to register an FIR at New Delhi against the minister and 21 others including MUDA officials and high-rise building owners.
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First Published: Jan 22 2016 | 7:02 PM IST

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