Shillong, Nov 19: The present Law and order situation in the state has grabbed the attention of both ruling and opposition. Due to the detorating Law and order situation in the state due to the ongoing ILP agitation which caused the life of innocent people and the situation in garo hills, the Meghalaya People’s Forum (MPF), a conglomerate of non-Congress political parties, decided to seek Meghalaya governor KK Paul intervention over the plunging law and order situation in Khasi and Garo hills districts.
MPF spokesman and UDP working president Paul Lyngdoh told reporters, that opposition will meet the Governor and apprise him about the situation. He said, “We are sure that whatever the governor has been hearing is only one side of the story provided by government agencies.” Lyngdoh said the opposition’s intension is not to gain political mileage.
Lyngdoh said if meeting with governor does not bring the desired result and impact the current volatile situation in a positive way the MPF will then take the next step but also do it in a way that it will not be labelled as being politically ambitious or trying to pull down a government. He, however, said that the MPF has every reason to believe that the governor will use his office for the overall welfare of the state.
Another MPF member and NPP legislator James K Sangma said that there is complete breakdown in the law and order in Garo hills because of the sudden rise of insurgency related incidents with spade of kidnappings taking place. He informed that the most recently is the kidnapping of four traders from Amal Aseng area and also number of civilians and security personnel who have lost their lives.
NPP legislator James Sangma felt that the rise of militancy in Garo hills is because the situation was mishandled by the present government combined with poor leadership in the government. On the ILP imbroglio, he said it is unfortunate that the state government is still remaining very indifferent to the issue and no efforts are being made to reach out to the agitating ngos in a bid to bring back normalcy in the state. (SP News)
