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The newly regional party PDF to enter in the election fray

The People Democratic Front (PDF) is the latest regional party in the state initially confine to the Khasi-Jaintia Hills has also entered in the election fray. Would be acceptable to the people is the fore most question? Yet it would be on the quality of the candidates. The congress rebel being suspended from the party, Pynshngain N.Syiem who is also Chief Executive Member of the Khasi Hills District Council has however at long last the PDF came out the congress, joined and propped as the Chief Ministerial candidate from Mawsynram. Syiem has accused the congress for adopting what he called “political tricks”, to drag him down and also the ruling PDF in the District Council. Syiem also member of the State Assembly challenged the state government for the disqualification of members also being member of the district council, in which his stand was upheld by the Meghalaya Shillong High court.
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Mahendraganj Constituency located in the Indo- Bangla borders in Garo hills have attracted interest, not only it is a congress strong hold, represented by Dikanchi D. Shira , the wife of Chief Minister yet this time would be facing, U Khasi Muslim Serazul Kharkongor and independent candidate. This is his second attempt at the poll, which he failed to win from Tirikilla constituency in 2013. This time besides Serazul Kharkongor, Dikanchi would be facing candidates of the BJP, NPP, and UDP. Therefore it would not be and easy task for Dikanchi in which the votes would be splintered. 
In Garo hills yet another congress leaders Olpiash N. Arengh has resign from the party. Being the president of the Tura block congress committee, he has decided to contest as an independent from theRongjeng Constituency in East Garo Hills. There are 10 contenders at Rongjeng, being difficult to predict the outcome. The NPP member’s district council Deputy Chairman Mettrinsoh Momin resign, being denied a ticket and decided to contest as an independent the current Rongjeng Legislators Sengnam Marak would therefore be facing a horde of contestant in a mix bags, belonging to both national and regional parties. 


distribution and party’s involvement in Non Banking Financial Company’s (NBFC) scam in Tripura damaged the fame and glory of communists. In the last election in 2013, the party in power directly used a section of state civil service officers and lower grade employees for manipulating the electioneering. Even CPI-M intruded their large number of cadres in opposition’s rally when Prime Minister or any other central leader of Congress came for addressing public rally. It made a sense of satisfaction to the opposition and it also confused the central leadership but it was not reflected in the voting.