Deborah urges ministers to attend office regularly
SHILLONG: Congress legislator Ronnie Lyngdoh is one among those eight legislators, who are unhappy with the style and functioning of the Chief Minister and some Cabinet Ministers who remain inaccessible.
Other seven signatories of letter addressed to the MPCC President DD Lapang are Coming One Ymbon, Kennedy Khyriem, Pynshgainlang Syiem, Celestine Lyngdoh (all Congress) and associated members of the Congress Justine Dkhar, Robinus Syngkon and Stephanson Mukhim who are currently Independents .
Sources said that the primary target of these eight legislators is the Chief Minister and the complaint lodged against the cabinet ministers with the state party chief was just an addition as the aggrieved legislators did not want to show that they are targeting the Chief Minister alone.
Ronnie Lyngdoh had defended the Government when the motion against the Speaker AT Mondal was brought in the Assembly during the Budget session .
However, this is the first time that he is expressing his resentment over the style and functioning of the Chief Minister.
Earlier, Coming One Ymbon, and Pynshgainlang Syiem had expressed resentment over the manner of functioning of the Chie Minister , but their grievances were not addressed.
Moreover for the first time , three Independents, who are associate members of Congress have come out openly against the Chief Minister.
Sources said that the issue was already conveyed to the High Command after the matter was first brought before the MPCC President.
Meanwhile, a day after eight MLAs lodged a complaint with MPCC over the absence of Chief Minister and some ministers, the working president of Congress Deborah Marak has urged the Ministers to attend the office regularly as and when they are in Shillong.
“I feel every Minister should attend the office anyhow when he or she is in Shillong,” Marak said on Thursday.
Marak said that the matter (absence of ministers) had been discussed in the party.
“I understand that concerned MLAs had certain issues and these have been discussed,” Marak said.