SHILLONG: The State Cabinet on Wednesday extended the term of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) for a one month to complete the process of elections. The present term of GHADC comes to an end on February 17. Informing this to media persons after a Cabinet meeting, District Council Affairs minister HDR Lyngdoh said that the election to the council would be conducted during the extended period.
“To prepare for the elections, the department felt it will need some more time and has submitted a proposal for extension of the council’s term,” he said.
Election is scheduled be held in all the existing 29 seats in the Autonomous District Council. The State Government will have to go ahead with the election in the GHADC pending the amendment of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution for increasing of the number seats in the Council as indicated in the Agreed Text For Settlement signed by the Central and State governments with the ANVC and ANVC-B.