Tura, Nov 19 (NNN): Meghalaya unit of Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday held a public meeting in Garo Hills in the presence of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
On the second day of his two-day visit to the Garo Hills, the AITC MP, while addressing the crowd at the Tura Law College said, “In the next three months, all Meghalayans, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, will unitedly fight to end the chaos of four and half years due to the incompetent leadership of the NPP-led MDA Government.”
Taking a jibe at NPP, Abhishek Banerjee said, “MDA is supposed to stand for Meghalaya’s Democratic Alliance. However, the collapsing infrastructure in the State proves that all progress has taken place in one family, to one person. It stands for ‘My Democratic Alliance’. Despite Meghalaya’s rich biodiversity, there are roads with potholes, schools without teachers and youths without jobs.”
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Throwing an open challenge to the NPP-led MDA Government, Banerjee said, “The NPP has not even filed its Election Expenditure report. I am challenging the NPP to come forward and face the debate: ‘Why did the MDA Government fail drastically in the last four and half years?’.
“The three petals of the flower in our logo stand for the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia. The shoddy alliance of MDA would not secure a single seat in the Garo Hills in the 2023 polls. We would not cower down to autocratic forces”.
He said, “The State would be introduced to a new Government in three months that aspires to bring a holistic change. No Border MoU would be signed without consulting the people; we would fight to have Garo and Khasi included as languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.”
Expressing gratitude towards the supporters, Banerjee said, “We started this membership drive with a few hundred today, we have reached a humongous support of 1 Lakh+ active members in just four months. I thank each one of you for ensuring our progress in the quest to stand out.”
Addressing the crowd, Meghalaya TMC state president Charles Pyngrope commented, “The AITC believes in the power of the people and aspires for better governance. We will work tirelessly for the people of Meghalaya. We are working for the development of Meghalaya and would strive to make it a model State.”
Dr Mukul Sangma said, “We aspired for Meghalaya to become the hub for travel and education. Instead, it has become a hub for gaming and gambling under the MDA Government. We want immediate redressal to restore the State to its lost heritage. We are a party which stands for justice. We will not compromise with our ideologies and principles.”
The meeting was attended by TMC state in-charge Dr Manas Ranjan Bhunia, Meghalaya TMC state president Charles Pyngrope, Trinamool Congress Legislature party leader and leader of Opposition, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Dr Mukul Sangma, Meghalaya TMC MLA (Umroi) George B Lyngdoh, Meghalaya TMC MLA (Mahendraganj) Dikkanchi D Shira, and Meghalaya TMC MLA (Rangsakona) Zenith Sangma among others.
