SHILLONG, FEB 27: Opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) on Saturday slammed the Congress led state government for its alleged ‘inconsistent-stand’ on the issue related to holding of dual-posts by MLAs and MDCs.
According to the party, if an MDC post is declared as ‘not’ an office of profit, this will surely tantamount to misleading the state assembly and the people of the state by the present government.
“We are surprised over the inconsistent stand of the government on the holding of dual posts by MLAs and MDCs,” UDP senior working president Bindo M Lanong told reporters while spelling out the resolutions adopted by general council meeting held on Saturday.
Earlier, as many as seven legislators had resigned as MDCs of the KHADC and JHADC in view of the passing of the Prevention of Disqualification (Members of Legislative Assembly, Meghalaya) ( Amendment) Act, 2015 last year.
However, KHADC chief Pynshngainlang Syiem is the lone legislator who refused to relinquish his dual posts as a mark of protest against the Mukul led state government.
Lanong said, “Now the question is what will happen in the case of the KHADC CEM PN Syiem because in his case, the state government had clarified that he can go ahead with the two offices at a time.”
According to him, if this is the case what will be the fate of the members who have relinquished their posts as MDC?
“Will the state government revoke its earlier order because at the instant of the Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, these MLAs have resigned from one office as MDCs,” he asked.
Lambasting the government’s failure on this regard, Lanong said, “What is their fate, when the state government has not applied the same yardstick in the case of the KHADC CEM.”
Meanwhile, the UDP senior working president was also of the opinion that if the post of an MDC is being declared as not an office of profit, the big question that will arise is why has the state government misled the state assembly and people of the state.
“The State government will have to take full responsibility for misleading the people and the state Assembly,” he stated.-By Our Reporter
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