HT Bureau
DIPHU, July 17: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), East Karbi Anglong District Committee (EKADC), on Thursday organised a mass joining programme at Hidisajir playground under the Dhansiri Member of Autonomous Council (MAC) Constituency, where hundreds of workers from opposition parties, including the All Party Hills Leaders Conference (APHLC), Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC), and the Congress, formally joined the BJP.
According to party sources, the new members were welcomed into the BJP fold by the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), Tuliram Ronghang, and BJP EKADC president Rolland Killing.
Addressing the gathering, CEM Tuliram Ronghang asserted that only a party in power can usher in real development.
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“It is useless supporting the APHLC or Congress as they are in opposition. They don’t have a government. It is the BJP, which is in power, that will bring development and positive change,” he said.
Criticising the APHLC leadership, the CEM alleged that its president, JI Kathar, was misleading people with “false narratives” regarding the Sixth Schedule and constitutional rights of tribal communities.
“He is spreading lies to the people. He is a half-truth person,” Ronghang said.
During the programme, Ronghang also announced developmental measures for Tika village in West Karbi Anglong, which he had visited recently.
He committed ₹20 lakh under the Asom Darshan scheme and another ₹20 lakh from the CEM’s discretionary fund for the village’s development.
During that visit, he also met and felicitated Harlongbi Engti Kathar, elder brother of JI Kathar.
Responding to a memorandum submitted by villagers of Hidisajir and Rongklarbong during the day’s programme, Ronghang announced that key roadworks, including the Diphu-Dillai-Sarihajan (DDS) road via Hidisajir and Hemphu Ashram to ISBT, and the 5th Mile Diphu-Manja road, would be taken up for improvement.
Additionally, construction of a community hall at Hidisajir, boulder pitching on the Diphu river embankment, and a boundary wall at the Hidisajir burial ground were also assured.
The event was attended by Executive Member (EM), KAAC, Madhurjya Dhekial Phukan, and MAC members Headsing Rongphar, Kadom Terangpi, and Mongve Rongpi.
In the evening, a similar joining programme was held at Rongkimi village, where over 100 workers and supporters from opposition parties joined the BJP.
Based on the memorandum submitted by Rongkimi villagers, the CEM assured construction of a new school building for Rongkimi LP School, streetlight installation, ring well construction, repair of the link road to Diphu Medical College, a waiting shed, and a boundary wall at the Rongkimi burial ground.
