Shillong, March 20: A day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited the state, the Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee has begun its process of reorganising itself from the grass root.
In this regard a high level meeting of Pradesh Congress Committee was organised in Shillong, which was attended by the party workers from the block level to the Senior Congress leaders of the party which includes Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma and his cabinet colleague, MPCC president DD Lapang and the Congress candidate for Shillong seat Vincent Pala.
Expressing confident of achieving success in the upcoming election, chief minister Mukul Sangma said he is confident that the Congress will win both the Shillong and Tura Lok Sabha seat in the April 9-Lok Sabha elections even as he reaffirmed the government’s and party’s commitment to fight corruption and insurgency related problems.
Dr. Sangma also said that by giving ticket to Daryl William Cheran Momin, grandson of the first Meghalaya chief minister late Captain Williamson A Sangma from Tura Lok Sabha seat, the party is giving chance to the next generation leaders to take up responsibility, even as he maintain that the party is concern about younger Generation.
He also accused PA Sangma for sacrificing his own daughter’s career for his own benefit.
He also ridiculed PA Sangma for replacing his own daughter and decided to contest election.
Speaking about the prospect of congress in the upcoming Lok sabha election in North East, Sangma said , “We are confident that we will be winning from both seats. I have reasons to trust and am confident that the electorates of the state will repose their faith and confident in the party and our candidates.”
He said apart from Meghalaya the party is confident to win 10 seats from Assam, 2 from Manipur, 2 from Arunachal Pradesh and 1 from Manipur.
Stating that the party is a seasoned organization which is based on time-tested organizational structure, Sangma said, “Congress is like a big tree which is capable of giving shade, which is capable of giving protection to people in the event of natural calamity and because it is like a strong tree really deep rooted and stable even though if big cyclone may come this tree is not uprooted…”
Sangma said that the Congress is prepared and strong as the party’s foundation is very strong based on which the party leaders and functionaries are going to work in every blocks at grass root level. He said, “Therefore, what we need to do is that everyone should reach out to the electorates by talking about all the great and good things that the Congress has done by both the UPA at the Centre and State government.”
Stating that ensuring a ‘corruption-free-future’ is one of the top priorities of the Congress, Sangma said, “Corruption is an issue which needs to be taken head-on to ensure that future is free from corruption,” adding “It is a fact, corruption is a matter of serious concern which the Congress has responded and attended to.”
Claiming that a number of legislations including RTI have been taken up by the party toward tackling the issue of corruption, the chief minister said, “Another strong law was passed in the form of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act which are designed to ensure that all instances of corruptions do not get repeated in the future.”
Sangma informed that the state government is also coming up with the Social Audit Act which is in its final stage of drafting and would soon be introduced to ensure efficient and effective delivery systems.
Meanwhile, giving a report on the performance of the Congress in the last five years, Sitting MP Vincent H Pala said that it is not “my report card alone” but it is because “we work together as a party.”
Pala mentioned that there have been lots of achievements and there has been tremendous change and development in Meghalaya. He pointed out that it is concerted efforts of the party that the Shillong Bye Pass and many important projects were implemented besides other developmental schemes.(SP News)
