SHILLONG, AUG 24: National People’s Party (NPP) said it is open to pre-poll alliance with non-Congress political parties for the upcoming GHADC polls and said that some of the issues the party is going to pitched during its election campaing are mis-governance, law and order in Garo hills and codification of customary laws.
“We are open to pre-poll alliance and we are talking to like-minded parties. Negotiations are taking place and we are confident that within this week we will able to close the negotiation,” NPP working president Conrad Sangma told newsmen after a meeting on Monday.
Stating that every political parties has its own strengths and weaknesses, Conrad said, “We are trying to figure out if there is anyway where the strength can be combined so that non Congress parties comes out victorious in the upcoming elections.”
Conrad informed the party has already started issuing application forms for intending candidates with August 25 as the last date.
“So far, we have received more than 70 applications and the party will be sitting in the last week of this month to finalize the list of candidates which will subsequently be announced in the first week of September,” Conrad said.
Though applications applied for party ticket is from all the 29 constituencies, Conrad, however, said, “It doesn’t mean that we are contesting in all the 29 seats because it will depend on how things proceed in the next few days.”
According to him, negotiations with other political parties are taking place which involves a lot of political calculations, constituency aspects and winnability issues besides other factors.
Welcoming the decision announced of the United Democratic Party (UDP) to contest in all the seats, Conrad said, “If they plan to contest in all the 29 seats, we welcome that and we will accordingly fight it out in the field but obviously being partners we are trying to talk and figure out if there are any ways we can work together but we are open to any kind of situation that comes out.”
But Conrad said the party will be happy if there was a chance where NPP and UDP could work together in the district council adding “We are still taking but each political party has its own aspiration which we cannot suppress.”
The NPP, which is celebrating its 3rd Foundation Day, also seeks to highlight issues relating to mis-governance in the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) besides attempt to pass the codification of customary laws bill and the law and order situation in the region.
“These issues will be the backbone of the entire elections ,” Conrad said.
According to NPP, there is a lot of mis-governance, corruptions in the district council at present and people should know and be aware of these issues besides issues related to different sections of the society be it teachers or muster roll which will also be taken up by the party.
Conrad said, “The codification of the customary law and all that aspects that have been taken up which I think is a very sensitive issue.”
Alleging that the last Congress led Executive Committee in GHADC failed to handle Customary law in the right manner and many situations have showed their desperation in a way which according to Conrad may be because of are some ulterior motives behind wanting to pass this law so fast and thereby safe somebody in some situation. He felt people should know and be aware of what those things are.- By Our Reporter
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