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KSU demand construction of Hostels for Locals

The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) has made it clear that the protest against the allotment of land in New Shillong Township for construction of Nagaland Medical Lodge is against the Government of Meghalaya not Government of Nagaland by saying that the government of Meghalaya should relocate the proposed Nagaland Guest House to another area not far from the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS).

KSU general secretary, Donald Thabah asserted that the plot of land allotted to the Nagaland government should be used for the benefits of the domiciles of the state and the state government should construct a medical lodge or a boarding house for the benefit of the local people especially those coming from the rural areas instead of giving it away.

He added that a government lodge should have been constructed in this area, providing all the facilities at government rate for our people particularly those coming from far-flung areas like Jaintia Hills and Garo Hills.

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PLAN TO UNSEAT CONRAD 

The  UDP  in  the  Garo  Hills  have  gone  to  the  extent  of  an attempt  to  unseating   Conrad  K. Sangma  as  the  Chief  Minister  in  setting  up  a  candidate  against  him  in  the  South  Tura  constituency,  as  Conrad  has  to  seek  formal  elections  to  ensure  that  he  is  an  elected  representative to  the  State  Legislative  Assembly.  The  contention  of  the  Garo  Hills  unit  of  the  UDP is  that,  people  want  a  regional  party  to  head  the  government,  and  not  the  National People’s Party (NPP),  which  is  a  national  party. Conrad  on  the  other  hand  have  appealed  to  all  the  Meghalaya  Democratic  Alliance  to  support  his  candidature.  

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The Teachers strike of the Nagaland Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers’ Association (NSSATA) which started in the month of May 2018 has reached the pinnacle where teachers are protesting in front of the State Secretariat in Kohima. A section of aggrieved NSSATA of batched 2010 & 2013 resorted to hunger strike in Kohima to protest against the failure of the state government to meet their demands. 

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H.S Shylla new CEM of KHADC

National People’s Party and Nongkrem MDC H.S Shylla became the new Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) after his opponent and People’s Democratic Front (PDF) candidate Grace Kharpuri fail show up for the election to the CEM post. Interestingly Umsning MDC Donkupar Sumer urged the new CEM not to form a new political party like the then CEM Pynshngain N. Syiem

After the Governor of Meghalaya appointed Mrs. Teilinia S.Thnagkhiew as the preterm Chairman of the KHADC by the Governor of Meghalaya. A total number of 16 MDCs of the Khasi Hills Democratic Alliance (KHDA) including the preterm chairman attended the special session. All the 17 MDCs of the KHDA including Teilinia Thangkhiew attended the special session. In the House of 29, KHDA has 17 MDCs while the PDA including the Congress has 12 MDCs.

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REGIONAL PARTY REBEL

In spite of the  fact  that  it  is  the  UDP,  which  had  joined  as part  of  forming  the  Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government, and  taken the initiative in the making of Conrad  K.  Sangma,  as  the leader, the  regional UDP  unit  in  South  Tura  is  pulling  up  it selves  to fight  against  Conrad. In a meeting at Asanang in Garo Hills,  the  UDP  South  Tura  is  up  in  arms  against  Conrad.  The UDP central  leadership  therefore  seems  to  be  having  no  control on  its  units  in  different  parts  of  the  state,  a  bad  reflection  that  units  of  regional  parties are  behaving  independently. This is certainly a negative precedent upon the political scenario in Meghalaya, where political discipline is lacking. Certain screws  have  to  be  tighten  up  by  the  central  leadership  of  regional  parties  in  controlling  their  district  units.