Meghalaya Government bent rules for Chinese smart meters, says TMC The Hindu


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GUWAHATI The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has slammed the Conrad K. Sangma-led alliance government in Meghalaya for bending rules and putting the country’s security at risk by allowing an Indian company to install Chinese smart meters in the State. The BJP is a minor partner in the government headed by the National People’s Party. The Centre had on July 23, 2020, amended the General Financial Rules 2017 banning, on grounds of national security, bidders from countries that share a land border with India. In a letter to Donald Phillips Wahlang, the chairman and managing director of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited...