Dr Syngkon files nomination, says VPP never oppose Hindi

Opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP) candidate Dr Ricky AJ Syngkon on Tuesday categorically denied that his party is against the Hindi language.

“We have never opposed speaking in Hindi. This allegation is nothing but cheap political mileage by other political parties and we condemned such kind of statement,” Syngkon said after filing his nomination papers from Shillong parliamentary constituency.

Stating that the VPP also stands for the genuine non-tribal residents of Meghalaya, the VPP general secretary said that he is confident that such citizens of the state will also support the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

“We acknowledge the contributions made by the non-Khasi people who contributed tremendously to the state and they also need to be protected and the party will also ensure that their interest is well protected but at the same time also we have to also protect the state from those who are illegal, people who come here illegally that is what I think together with those people from the state other than the local I think. As a party we are concerned about the constitutional right even of other people from the non Khasi,” he said.

Expressing confidence of winning the election, Syngkon said that the party is fully prepared to face the election. According to him, the party has toured all 36 constituencies in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills region.

“Myself and the party, we are very confident of winning this election…because wherever we go the support that we get from the people is really tremendous and we have full faith and trust in the people of these 36 constituencies,” he said.

He also denied that the party is playing the love for the jaidbynriew card. “No we never said that, basically we have gone to the people to speak about how to bring good governance in the state and also to ensure that there is justice, removal of poverty and those are the issues that we’ve been talking about besides protecting the rights of the people of the state,” he said.

Syngkon said that the BJP’s decision to support the NPP only shows the true colours of both the parties but they would like to leave it to the wisdom of the people to take a decision on the matter.