Shillong, Dec 10: Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma took a dig on opposition UDP accusing them of creating confusion in the minds of the people
“It will be appropriate for them not to link it with political ploy and create confusion in the minds of people,” Sangma said without naming any political party or any leader.
Reacting to the adamant of the pro ILP pressure groups, Dr. sangma said that there is no reason for pressure groups to be adamant on one mechanism and Government has its reason for its stand against the implementation of Inner Line Permit in the state saying that the ILP would only hamper the development of the state.
He also stated that state is working hard to impasse upon central Government on various development initiative.
He also asserted that if the pressure groups are concerned about influx, this is the right opportunity for them to give various suggestions and mechanism since the Government is working out and formulating an holistic and institutionalised mechanism to deal with the issue of influx.
Meanwhile, talking about the demand of Thma-U-Rangli-Juki (TUR) to repeal MPDA and MMPO Acts saying the acts were passed by a mere cabinet
Dr. Sangma said that the no laws can be implemented without it getting passed from the Parliament or by the State Assembly “It reflects the malafide intention to confuse people and misguide people and the allegations are evident that want to create confusion and create law and order problems.
According to Sangma, it is clear that the people who have made the allegations have lack of knowledge since now laws can be enforced without getting it passed from the Assembly.
“If their intention is to create law and order problems, then it can be consider as criminal conspiracy,” Sangma told reporters.
Earlier, The Thma-U-Rangli-Juki (TUR) had hold a ‘street corner meeting’ to protest against the draconian Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA) and Meghalaya Maintenance of Public Order Act (MMPO) laws and also observe the International Human Rights Day at Khyndai Lad.
The organisation demanded repealing the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA) and Meghalaya Maintenance Public Order (MMPO), two laws under which many pressure group leaders have been booked in last three months.
TUR leader Angela Rangad said that the street corner meeting is the state wide campaign against attacks on people’s right to protest and expose the blatant misuse of these black laws by what the TUR says a corrupt and authoritarian state government to silent any form of dissent and the government’s constant illegal infringement on the civil and political liberties of the people of the state. Rangad felt that the existence of laws like the MPDA and MMPO has slowly and silently ‘eroded’ the legal procedures and constrained ‘democratic spaces’ by curbing the individual and collective expression of dissent.(SP News)
