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REMOVING RELIGIOUS STIGMA 

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), enter the poll with high hopes of winning as many seats as possible. Specially coming in for the first time in a big way, yet there is a drawback of having the religious stigma which is associated with the agenda of the RSS  propagation of one religion in the country, which has a diversify belief of various religious belief. The party, especially in Meghalaya has built up a strategy, to woo various religious   denominations. This has come about with the announcement of Tourism Union Minister K.J Alphons of a rupees 70 crore sop of promoting spiritual tourism in the state under the Swadesh Darshan scheme. This proposal   is probably for the first time in the country. Altogether about 40 such projects have been identified to include major sites of the traditional Khasi religion, Niam Khasi Niam tre and the different Christian denominations, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. A meeting was convened   to this effect in New Delhi. There was however no representative from the Congress rules state of Meghalaya.   K.J. Alphons is sour on the attitude of the state government and has expressed his exasperation that the State Government always wants to be anti BJP.        

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THE BELEAGUERED WOMEN POWER

Women power in any community and society has its own role to play, even within a clan or family. The power provides confidence, guidance and also serves as a booster. Therefore in every political party, there is always a women wing.  During the current elections, the women wing of the contesting parties has been geared up. Unfortunately, the Congress seems to have lost its grip on the women wing. The Mahila State Congress have been watered down with the resignation of the General secretary, Havergail Edwina Bareh, who has now formally joined the National People’s Party (NPP) has to her credit,  a fairly good  political record, who secured 2000 votes in the 2014 District council elections.

Havergail is now set to lock horn in the electoral battle from the Shillong West or Mawprem constituency. Interestingly she would be engaged in the contest against sitting legislator Paul Lyngdoh and also his arch rival Mahendro Rapsang of the Congress.   This would upset the vote bank especially of Mahendro Rapsang, as she had extended support to him during the last assembly elections. Along with Havergail, important functionaries of the Mahila Congress, have also left the Congress fold, including former President Ebel War and also N. Warjri. P. Nongpluh and also Liliancy Lyngdoh.        

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NPP leader urged people to teach CM' a lesson

NPP leader Mr. Rowell Lyngdoh warned the people of Meghalaya to be careful in availing the last-minute schemes distributed by Dr. Mukul Sangma. One such scheme is the Empowerment of Women Scheme, which was inaugurated way back in 2012. He cited an example of how beneficiaries of this scheme were asked by banks to repay the loan that was disbursed through this scheme.

Meanwhile Mr. Tynsong accused Dr. Sangma of looting the people and the state by introducing useless schemes for farmers like ‘Agar’ and ‘Anthurium plantations’. According to Mr. Tynsong, the money could have been distributed to the farmers who would have used their wisdom and experience to plant what is most suitable for them. He cited this as an example of Dr. Mukul Sangma’s modus operandi to make money. He urged the people of Meghalaya to put an end to this system of looting the people and to teach Mukul Sangma a lesson.

Mr. Rowell Lyngdoh clarified that even though he’s been with the Congress for more than 30 years, he was kicked out from the Congress by the two doctors i.e. Dr. Mukul and Dr. D.D. Lapang because he fought for the development of the area and because they claimed that he’s too old.

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LJP submitted a memorandum to the President

The Meghalaya unit of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) submitted a memorandum to the President, Ram Nath Kovind through Meghalaya Governor, Ganga Prasad on a number of issues which includes the demand to include Khasi and Garo languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India, intervention of Prime Minister’s Office for finding solution of boundary dispute between Meghalaya and Assam, passing and implementation of Village Administration Bill (VAB) to empower local chiefs constitutionally, waiver of farmers’ loans in Meghalaya, pursue overall development in the state and to verify if funds have been utilized properly, and the Prime Minister’s Office should initiate peace talk with militant organizations in Meghalaya. 

Since inception of the State in 1972, the condition of villages has not changed. There is no development in rural areas, no roads, interrupted electricity, no health centre in villages, education scam, unemployment of youths is rising as job opportunities were not available in the state, and economy has come down due to ban on coal mining.

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KSU issues warning to Contractors

After getting complains from various local manual workers regarding the denied of work by many contractors in various Constructions,  the Khasi Student Union (KSU) had issued warning to all contractors for bringing labourers from outside the state without proper work Permit or notice by the by the traditional heads.The Union has request the Labour Inspector ka Mawryngkneng C&RD Block, Ngo’s, Headman to be vigilante and watch out for those contractors who employed non-locals labourers in their construction sites especially after Assam Government successfully implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

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Mahila Chief accused Conrad of betraying trust of the People

The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) chief Sushmita Dev accused the National People’s Party (NPP) Chief Conrad K Sangma for his role in facilitating the entry of the Bharat Janata Party (BJP) in the State. She claimed that NPP is the team-B of the BJP and it will be extremely unfortunate if a young representative like Conrad Sangma actually facilitates the entry of a communal and fascist party like BJP into the state of Meghalaya.

The Mahila Chief who is the MP from Silchar said that “If Conrad plays a role in bringing the saffron party to Meghalaya, it will be a shame to his legacy, and it will be a disaster for the state of Meghalaya. If he is the true son of the soil of Meghalaya, he should fight the saffron power but instead he is joining hands with a communal force like the BJP,” she stated.Accusing the Tura MP of betraying the trust of the people of Meghalaya, the AIMC chief alleged that she is sure that Conrad will joins hand with the BJP as he has done it in Manipur where he had helped the BJP to form the government there.

Mean while she urged the party’s Mahila’s to go for door to door campaign to create awareness on the objectives of Congress party. According to her Congress believes in development but the BJP believes in instigating the people and one community against the other. 

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State Karate Team to participate KAI Senior National Karate Championship

Fourteen members from Karatekas of the Association lead by Mr Donboklang Lyngdoh & Mr Mingson Rymbai as Coach and Manager will participate in KAI Senior National Karate Championship to be held at Kolkata, West Bengal on 13th & 14th January, 2018. Medal winners from this Championship will be selected to represent the country in the coming AKF Asian Karate Championship to be held in Aaman, Jordan and WKF World Senior Karate Championship to be held in Madrid, Spain.

The names of the Karatekas are: Pratima Thapa (Women 45Kg), DanibhalinThangkhiew (Women 50Kg), Banylla Shallam (Women 55Kg, Ind Kata & Team Kata), Barisha Kharbani (Women 61Kg & Team Kata), Phikerbha Kharbihkhiew (Women Team Kata), Josanky Rympei (Men 50Kg), Raphael S. Sun (Men 55Kg), Glikerius Buhphang (Men -61Kg & Team Kata), Sahil Singh (Men 67Kg), Bikramjit Singh(Men 75Kg), Munna Singh (Men84Kg), Vijender Kumar(Men +84Kg), Rodrickstar Syiem (Men Ind Kata & Team Kata), Edwilbert Nongkynrih (Team Kata)

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‘Mission U Nite’ for National Awards 2017

Meghalaya’s Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) initiative, ‘Mission U Nite’ (U and I towards Enrolment), has been shortlisted by the Election Commission as a nominee for National Awards 2017 for creatively engaging the youth. This was informed by an Election Officer Frederick Roy Kharkongor. He said that the recognition came when a human logo of 2,873 young and future voters from 113 schools, three colleges and other institutions earned a place in the Limca Book of Records as the largest number of assembled young future voters in one venue. He mention that “Mission Unite” aggressively championed enrolment with a net addition of 21,455 new voters to the electoral roll amounting to 21.67 per cent of the gap which stood at 99, 015 voters.