From Our Correspondent
NONGSTOIN: Envil Lyngdoh, a prominent business of Mawshynrut has announced his participation as an independent candidate in the forthcoming elections.
Envil is the son of (L) Blishon Kharlyngdoh who is the co-founder of the UDP along with E K Mawlong. Envil owns the local petrol pump at Mawshynrut and is also the owner of other petrol pumps in Jaintia Hills.
Envil, a resident of Porsheh Village in Mawshynrut made the announcement on Saturday in Nongstoin.
“Politics is not new to me as it is embedded in my veins” Envil said.
He also said that the decision to contest the election was not solely his own. Elders and villagers’ repeated requests to represent them compelled him to enter politics, Envil added. “Also the prevailing backwardness of the area has compelled me to take responsibility” Envil confessed.
Envil also said that the poverty of the people in Mawshynrut had to be removed and he took upon the task to himself to do the needful.
However, Envil said that the main objective of his representation is to elevate Mawshynrut to a Civil- Subdivision. This has been a long pending demand of the people of the area.
Mawshynrut AC has 290 villages under its ambit. Envil has been on a distribution spree in the AC, distributing plastic water tanks and plastic chairs in the villages.
It may be reminded that prior to his announcement, Mawshynrut AC had 11 candidates contesting from the AC. With Envil, the number has now risen to 12.