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MeECL Progressive Workers likely to go on strike before Christmas

The Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) fail to deliver what was promised to the Progressive Workers in an official meeting held on 7th December between the union and the management of MeECL. In a meeting held earlier the management committed that as a ‘Christmas gift’ to the casual workers the new wage rate and all pending wage arrears will be released before Christmas but as of now the Management have not provide any significant information regarding pending wage or so called “Christmas Gift”. As a result of failure on the part of the MeECL management, the union is unfortunately forced to go agitate. 

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Mizoram get its 60 MW hydro project

On his Maiden Visit to Mizoram Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Tuirial Hydropower Project  in Aizawl which he referred this project as a 'boon' for the people of Mizoram’.

Narendra Modi gave the credit of this project to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who himself initiated this project in 1998 but was stop due to various issues. This 60 Mega-Watt Hydropower Project is Mizoram's first large hydropower project which will be able to boost the socio-economic development of the state.  The huge reservoir is spread over an area of 45 square kilometres. After 30 years the project is completed. Mizoram becomes the 3rd hydro power  supplement after Sikkim and Tripura which will help in connectivity and navigation to  remote villages.This reservoir will also support eco-tourism  and provide a source of drinkiing water  supply. The BJP Government has also invested Rs.10,000 crs for the improvement in power transmission in the Northeast region. PM said that  Northeast can easily be declared as carbon negative state which the neighbour Bhutan has already achieved, also the state Sikkim which is already declared the first 100% organic state of India.

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PM keen to “Transform NE through Transportation”

Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi in his maiden visit to Shillong addressed a rally today in Polo Ground.The PM said "BJP’s agenda is development, speedy development, and all-round development”. Motto is transformation by transportation. Better transportation will lead to deeper connectivity. Modi unveiling the plaque inaugurated the project of 2 Laning of Shillong-Nongstoin section of NH-106 and Nongstoin-Tura Road of NH-127B. While speaking on air connectivity he said in North East sea plane can be used for areas where the accessibility is poor. 

Meghalaya will host National Games in 2022. This will also be the year when Meghalaya will complete 50 years of its constitution.
Development of bamboo in North East has vast scope but development is restricted here because of restrictive regulations regime. Focus of the State government should be good governance. Meghalaya has the capacity to be the role model for many small states in the country. The wave which was started after Assam election is now showing that it will start to show up in Meghalaya too.

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Expectation for answers to many questions from PM Narendra Modi visit to the capital Shillong

At long last, the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to capital Shillong, for the second time, was expected by the people. This time of course, many have questions and hopes, that he would bring along with him many answers to many questions, particularly pertaining to Meghalaya, not only for this period of elections, but also for the projected future days and years. The Prime Minister need to impress upon the people, not only with rosy promises but to bring about a greater and sincere understanding between Shillong and far away New Delhi. There are questions that the Constitution of India, has to be re-visited, regarding the strengthening of traditional grass root administration, so that development efforts can be fruitful, otherwise all would be futile.

The Prime Minister not only happens to be the leader of the Nation, but also the present ruling party.

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A.T Mondal welcomed by the opposition leader Donkupar Roy

There was an expectation that there would be daggers drawn in the fag end of the ninth legislative meet of Meghalaya, as much dust has been kicked up in the election arena. But things had cooled down, after the opposition had earlier withdrawn its no-confidence motion against the speaker. Instead praise were showered upon the speaker AT Mondal, even by the opposition leader Donkupar Roy, who congratulated Mondal, for creating history, by becoming the first speaker of Meghalaya from a minority community.

It was also unprecedented that members of both the ruling and opposition exchanged good luck wishes to each other, so that they meet again in the new House. Donkupar had concluded that, “whether we come back or not, we will continue to work as friends”. While the Meghalaya Congress Pradesh Chief D.D. Lapang, expressed his confidence that he would see all the present legislators from the visitor’s gallery.

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Will Congressman A.L Hek return to his mother?

The spot light is on A.L. Hek, being the first ever member of the Bharatitya Janata Party (BJP), in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, since 1998, 2003, 2008, but later joined the Congress in 2013. Yet A.L. Hek had remained on record of having not been dislodged from the Pynthor Umkhrah constituency. Being a Congressman, it has come from the horse’s mouth that “Congress would not come to power in the next elections”. He predicts, that there would be a fractured mandate, which would lead to a post poll alliance.

Hek regard the BJP as his mother and the Congress being his wife. The question is would he return back to his mother’s home, the place of his political birth, or would he continue to remain with his wife? However he confesses that his heart is with his mother, his children being the electorate of Pynthorumkhrah, it finally depend on them to give the seal of approval, whether the mother is more precious than the wife?

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HSPDP kicked off the Election Campaign at Malki Shillong

The Hills State Peoples Democratic Party (HSPDP), one of the oldest regional party in the state, has kicked off the election campaign at Madan Malki Shillong, amidst the chanting of the slogan “Ha U Sing”, the lion being the symbol of the party. It is a diehard political party, led by Hopingstone Lyngdoh, who had recently passed away, yet the party is keeping its flag high. During the Hill State movement, it was the HSPDP which rejected outright different forms of autonomy, which fall short of a fully fledged separate state, because of its steadfastness, it is expected that it would garner a number of seats which it would bargain for formation of a government, as a ruling partner.

The HSPDP propagate that Article 371 of the Constitution of India should also cover Meghalaya, for empowerment of the state to protect customary laws, specially on land and administration of justice.

HSPDP Chief Ardent Basaiawmoit, has raised the slogan of national unity of India, as “Unity in diversity”, to counter against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempt to bring about “unity in uniformity”, as every part of Bharat Mata has its own separate identity.

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The students accused CM for manhandling of public funds for Elections campaign

Probably it is the first time, in the Meghalaya elections, that a section of the students have been provoked, to be candid enough to speak out to vote against the party of the chief minister. The cause being that the students from the different colleges of Shillong, are having great doubts and suspicion, that most of them had not received the M-Tab, which is a part of the Student Digital Learning Aid Scheme. One of the students, Enlang Sawian, has straight away pointed out an accusing finger, that “the Congress has brought the scheme just to woo voters. Already an RTI has been filed by the Hynñiewtrep Youth Council (HYC), that there is manhandling of the scheme involving rupees six crore. The student had made a frontal accusation, that the funds would be used for the elections. To clear any misapprehensions, the student community of the state, is seeking clarification from the Union Human Ministry of human resource development, and for instituting a CBI enquiry, if there is misappropriation of funds in the implementation of the scheme.