By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: UDP candidate from Sohiong Breston Kharbuli has said that the lack of development in various parts of the constituency would bring downfall of the sitting Congress legislator HDR Lyngdoh.
“There is a strong wave for a change. People now want a new representative,” Kharbuli told reporters after filing his nomination papers here on Wednesday.
Despite representing Sohiong in the Assembly for two decades, he said the sitting Congress legislator has failed to take any initiative for the overall development of the constituency.
“Till now, there are many villages which do not have any proper road. What hurts most is that there are many under-privileged families in the constituency who are struggling for their livelihood,” Kharbuli said.
“Even though I am contesting on a UDP ticket, several political parties are backing me in this election. This itself is an indication that the voters desperately want a change,” Kharbuli said.
When asked if Sohiong will witness a contest between the sitting Congress legislator and UDP’s Nonspung legislator John Antonius Lyngdoh, he said, “It is true that I am related to the sitting Nongspung legislator, but it is misleading to say that it is a contest between two sitting legislators.”
Draison’s plea: UDP candidate from Nongkrem constituency Draison Kharshiing on Wednesday said that youth in the Nongkrem constituency need to come forward and play an active role in the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for February 23.
Kharshiing said that the constituency lacks development while informing that there is no higher secondary school in the area.
The UDP candidate claimed that that 17 out of the 19 Congress units in the constituency are rallying behind him. Nongkrem is heading for a triangular contest between the UDP, Congress, represented by Lambor Malngiang and HSPDP, represented by sitting legislator Ardent Basaiawmoit.