SHILLONG, MAY 5: Describing the meeting with chief minister Mukul Sangma as “positive”, HSPDP vice president Ardent Basaiawmoit who submitted a memorandum on Tuesday nonetheless said that the public meeting on Wednesday will take place as slated and informed that the party has been invited for a meeting by the state government next week to discuss its demands.
Coming out after submitting the memorandum to Sangma, Basaiawmoit said , “The meeting with the chief minister was positive and he has invited us next week for discussion on the point raised in our memorandum.” He, however, made it a point to stress that the public meeting called by the party on Wednesday will take place as announced.
Basaiawmoit along with other HSPDP members submitted three-point memorandum to Sangma that includes demand for a state law that will define the role of traditional institutions and headman, passing of the KHAD (Village Administration) Bill to empower traditional institutions as the Meghalaya high court had clipped the power of the headmen by prohibiting them to issue NOC and certificates.
The memorandum also expressed its reservation to the notification issued by the state government extending the areas under the MUDA jurisdiction saying that it failed to understand why the government has to rush with the extension as the HSPDP does not see any urgency to bring more areas under MUDA coverage.
The memorandum further said that the party is against the state government decision not to engage with the proscribed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) for talks and demanded that the outfit must be invited for negotiation as promised by the chief minister Mukul Sangma on the floor of the assembly.
The memorandum said, “We strongly urged upon the government to review its decision, and reach out to them (HNLC)in order to have a lasting peace in our State.”
The memorandum said that the state government’s claim that the HNLC is presently weak with very less members and hence there is no need to invite them for talk is not acceptable to the HSPDP.
The memorandum observed that the state government decision not to engage with the HNLC for talks despite the fact that the outfit had repeatedly expressed its willingness to have an unconditional dialogue showed the government’s ‘lack of sincerity’ to bring lasting peace in the state. – By Our Reporter
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