ADC members at Delhi
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 25 2013:
Awaiting appointment with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and AICC Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to put forward the demand for separate budget allocation for ADCs and empowerment with sanction powers, four ADC Chairmen are currently camping at Delhi.
Notably, all the four ADC Chairmen of Tamenglong, Chandel, Sadar Hills and Ukhrul are Congressmen.
They went to Delhi to highlight their demands to the party's central leaders after their demands were not paid any attention by the Congress Government ruling at the State.
Even as the State Government has devolved powers to ADC pertaining 26 departments, there is no separate budget nor the ADCs are given sanction powers.
As such, the ADCs have been functioning at the mercy of Ministers, informed a source.