HT Bureau
SHILLONG, Sept 20: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Thomas A Sangma on Wednesday expunged the statement made by opposition AITC leader and former chief minister Mukul Sangma alleging chief minister Conrad K Sangma of having a close association with a ‘drug kingpin’ from Mizoram from the proceedings of the House as they are in violative of the rules.
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Referring to the relevant rules, Thomas said, “Therefore, I in exercise of the rules expunge the statement made by Mukul Sangma from the proceedings (of the House) as they are in violation of the rules.”
“Therefore, the speech made by Mukul Sangma on the matter against the chief minister will not be part of the proceedings and I hereby expunge it from the proceedings of the House on September 19,” he added.
Reminding that the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is known in the entire country as a very disciplined House, the Speaker said, “So let us not engage in calling names and making allegations without substantiated evidence.”
The ruling of the Speaker came after deputy chief minister in-charge parliamentary affairs Prestone Tynsong requested that Mukul’s statement be expunged.
Tynsong requested the members from Songsak to refrain from such a reference based on a ‘photograph’.
Defending the intent of his submission made during a discussion on a motion on Tuesday, Mukul said that the deputy chief minister has misinterpreted the basic intent of the submission.
