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KHNAM accused P.N Syiem of neglecting rule 128

The youth wing of the Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) accused KHADC chief executive member PN Syiem for not taking up the Rule 128 seriously.

the Union youth wing president Thomas Passah said that KHNAM had remind Syiem several times for  the amendment of  rule 128 of the Assam and Meghalaya Autonomous Districts (Constitution of District Councils), Rules, 1951 in order to prevent non-tribals from taking part in the election of district council but he (Syiem) did not pay any heed to their demands.

KHNAM also criticised the KHADC CEM for not being serious about amendment of the rule 128 despite MDC Adelbert Nongrum brought twice the matter to discussion in the District Council.

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This election Meghalaya Congress unfortunate to face stalwart drop outs..

One by one, like rain drops from a leaf, the Congress stalwarts are dropping out, from facing the ensuing elections, which has surprised many. What are the underlying reasons is the big question. Leaders like Roshan Warjri, Roytre Christopher Laloo, Deathwell D. Lapang, all of whom can very well face the electoral battle for yet another term, have just dropped out of the scene. All along they had been part of the coalition government led by the Congress and that the Chief Minister Mukul Sangma had held the reins. However, all along he was a captain of a ship that was about to run a  ground, or worst still of a ship that was always brewing a mutiny. Congress is unfortunate that its trusted lieutenants have just dropped out. The question is, can the Congress High Command, send in emergency life beats?

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Yet another hard time for Congress in Meghalaya: DD Lapang backs off to contest in Assembly elections

Amidst this cold winter season, it is like throwing a bucketful of icy water on the Indian National Congress of Meghalaya, as D.D. Lapang, a five-time Chief Minister and President of the Meghalaya Pradesh Congress, had side-stepped from contesting the ensuing assembly elections. Nongpoh, has been the home ground of D.D. Lapang and this time it is just giving a walk-over to rival parties and contestants to fill the vacuum. However, Lapang has said that he would work for the party. But he would not have that energetic enthusiasm and commitment. In the meantime, the National People’s Party, (NPP), has propped up C.B. Syiem, to contest against Kong Rona Khymdeit of the United Democratic Party (UDP), both of whom are freshers in the Ri Bhoi political scenario. The Congress workers and supporters of Nongpoh are now left in a quandary.

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Inconsistency in political phase of Meghalaya elections??

The process of the Meghalaya elections, though started, yet the pace has not been picking up. Not a single political party has declared the final list of candidates and the shuffling of the cards is still going and yet to be distributed. However the present trend is that quite a number of new faces would take part in the poll race. The mood of the voters just like the changing weather pattern is yet to be stabilised, as there is an en-masse shift of allegiance, from one party to another in many of the constituencies. In the Shella constituency, for instance, which is the stronghold-fortress of the United Democratic Party (UDP) of Donkupar Roy, there is a shift of allegiance, where most of the voters are now supporting the newly Peoples Democratic Party (PDF), which is a threat to the confident and unbeaten UDP leader Donkupar Roy.