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Former KSU unit chief to contest as Independent

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From Our Correspondent

NONGPOH: Former KSU North Khasi Hills district president Donkupar Sumer is set to contest the forthcoming Assembly election from Umsning Constituency as an Independent.

Informing this to The Shillong Times, Sumer said he has the back up of all supporters of candidates of various political parties who were denied tickets by their respective parties.

Pointing out the reason for contesting as an Independent, Sumer said that he had an inclination towards regional parties but at present there was a lack of a common stand among the regional parties in Ri-Bhoi district.

It may be mentioned that Sumer had sought the UDP ticket for Umsning seat, but the party preferred to award the ticket to former Umroi MDC Field Marshall Mawphniang. Sumer had resigned from the post of the KSU president to seek ticket from the UDP.

The Umsning constituency is now set to witness a three-cornered contest among Congress candidate and Nongpoh MDC Dr Celestine Lyngdoh, Mawphniang from the UDP and Sumer.

Meanwhile, sources have informed that Meghalaya State Public Level Grievance Committee Vice Chairman Donlang Sohkhlet, who was denied the Congress ticket, might also enter the fray as an Independent candidate.

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