From Our Correspondent
TURA: A school teacher is among nine candidates contesting from Phulbari constituency of West Garo Hills District.
School teacher Sylvester Bulu Sangma became the first candidate to file his nomination papers for the 46-Phulbari constituency on Wednesday.
He left his teaching job at Christo Jyoti School in Tikrikilla to contest the polls promising ‘positive’ change for the voters.
“I decided to contest after seeing the lack of development plaguing Phulbari for several years. There is no proper roads because of which the agriculture produces cannot be exported causing prices to fall,” said Sylvester while speaking to The Shillong Times shortly after filing his nomination in Tura.
Giving details on the plight of the farmers, he said that absence of a proper bridge over the Ringe river connecting several villages of Phulbari has seriously hampered development beginning from Rongdupara all the way to Dugalgre which boasts of the best horticulture produce in the area.
The Independent candidate will be contesting against eight other contestants including sitting MLA and Congress candidate Abu Taher Mondol, former minister Manirul Islam Sarkar of the Samajwadi Party, Sader Hussain of Purno Sangma’s NPP, Susanna D Sangma of the UDP and four other Independents.