By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: In an interesting political development, an association from Mawsynram has come out to publicly support sitting Congress legislator Pynshngain N Syiem in the upcoming Assembly election.
The Mawsynram Constituency Development Society (MCSD) has pledged its support to Syiem following an ‘agreement’ that he (Syiem) would take up the issue of setting up of a Mawsynram House in Shillong and a full-fledged library in Mawsynram if he wins the election.
The society, which was formed in February last year, has claimed that its members had visited various villages in the constituency and interacted with the traditional heads and leaders of the Seng Samla and Seng Kynthei to draw up a list of issues that required immediate attention.
“Everyone agreed that there should be a Mawsynram House in Shillong. The people from the constituency who come for various works in the city, especially those who are attending to patients, have always faced difficulties in getting accommodation,” MCSD president Diralson Dkhar told reporters during a press conference here on Wednesday, adding that the Mawsynram House would also help students who are pursuing their studies in Shillong.
“We have also proposed that there should be a computer training centre to provide free computer education to the young students from Mawsynram,” Dkhar said.
Besides this, he said that they have sought an assurance from the Congress candidate that special funds should be reserved for an Annual Academic Excellence Award for meritorious students from Mawsynram.
On the demand for a library, Dkhar said, “The main objective in having this library is to help students from poor background who are not even able to purchase books on their own.”
“If Syiem manages to win the election we would also seek his intervention to improve road connectivity, provision for drinking water, eradication of poverty and other issues concerning the uplift and well being of the people of the constituency,” he said.
Dkhar also said that the society had held discussions with other candidates who are contesting the election from the constituency before pledging their support to Syiem.
“After several rounds of meeting all our members were convinced that Syiem would be able to deliver on the aspirations of the people of the constituency,” Dkhar said.