Desam MPs from Telangana, AP form MPACT for better cooperation

New Delhi: TDP MPs from AP and Telangana have come together to form an NGO - MPACT (Members of Parliament Alliance for Collective Transformation) - with the help of IL&FS for developing their constituencies.

Disclosing this here on Tuesday, Union minister Y S Chowdary said a lot of things had to be properly studied and tied up for better implementation of developmental programmes, both at state and Central level. It was felt by the MPs that individual approach would not yield a comprehensive result and hence, the creation of MPACT. This NGO to be headed by a CEO would give professional advice on all these issues and streamline the efforts of the MPs to the maximum benefit of their constituencies.

Visualization, planning and implementation of several schemes would be done under the guidance of the professional body hence forth, he stated.

The NGO would have a three tier office system - at the constituency level, state level and national level - to coordinate the MPs work. It would also advise them how to access funds from both the Centre and the state government for implementing various programmes.

The priorities would also be chalked out by the NGO to curb wastage of funds or delays in grounding the schemes and programmes. This apart the NGO would also guide the MPs in their debates and discussions in Parliament.

On the demand for special status, the minister reiterated that according the same did not require any unanimous resolution in Parliament and hence could be accorded any time. He refused to comment on Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu's stand on the same adding that the latter too had his limitations.

The TDPP would support the GST Bill as it would help in investment flow into the country. The TDPP had already served a notice for a discussion on drought, he added.