Shillong, Feb 12: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) stressed in bringing in a stable government in the state if the party comes into power in the coming State legislative assembly election.
Releasing their party manifesto on Tuesday before the on set of the general assembly election, the NCP claimed to set up a Vigilance Commission to monitor the implementation of goverment or governments project. It was also informed that Vigilance Commission will be a non-political body where reputed organisations and individuals of integrity will be invited to be part of this commission.
Turning to other developmental projects the NCP claimed to work out guidelines for fund utilization of the MLA Local Development Scheme to ensure transparency and community participation with special emphasis for under developed areas.
Besides, the NCP also claimed to introduce a social security scheme including pension for the teaching community to be introduced, to provide better assistance to adhoc schools and colleges, to ensure that the Education Policy emphasised more Skill Development that can bring about employment generation to the educated unemployed youth.
Among other agendas sort out in the party manifesto, the NCP also aimed at putting in place a comprehe nsive State Plan for the short and long run, to clearly assign priorities in different sectors, to revitalize the State Planning Board where technocrats, academicians and experts will be members including full time members and to stop the practice of apppointing only party men to the Board.
Meanwhile, party President Sanbor Shullai while addressing media persons after releasing the manifesto said that he is confident to put a tough fight against the National People’s Party (NPP) in Garo Hills in the upcoming elections stating that they will break the record set by former NCP leader Purno Sangma by winning all the seats from Garo Hills.
He also expressed his confident that the NCP will win all the 12 seats in Garo Hills and they will perform better than the NPP by putting up a stiff competition against the Sangma brothers.
When asked whether the NCP will be able to perform without the support of former NCP leaders, Conrad and James Sangma, Shullai said that the party will not collapse just one or two members resigned and joined another new party.
Talking tough, Shullai claimed that the fight in Garo Hills is mainly between the NCP and the NPP even as leaving the congress out of the frame. “Conrad Sangma is facing a stiff competition in Selsella constituency from NCP candidate Lalthantluanga D. Shira”, Shullai claimed.
However, Shullai refused to comment on whether the NCP would prefer supporting the NPP and other light minded parties for the formation of the government stating that “The same could be sorted out after the elections.”
On the other hand, when asked whether the NCP will support the Congress for the formation of the new government, NCP President said, “We will not form the government with the Congress if they failed to get majority seats in the assembly.”
Moreover, he said that serving the people do not always mean that a legislator has to be in the government, but he can also serve the people even by sitting in the opposition bench.(SP News)
