KHADC special session on May 15

SHILLONG:  A special session of KHADC will be held on May 15 to elect a new CEM in place of  Adelbert Nongrum, who put in his papers recently.
The District Council Affairs (DCA) department on Tuesday issued the notification for holding of the special session after the Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi accepted the resignation of Nongrum.
Meanwhile, the members of the ruling coalition in the KHADC-ARPA – met here to finalise strategy for the special session.
“All the 16 MDCs are intact,” the ARPA secretary and UDP MDC Teinwell Dkhar told newsmen.
It may be recalled that the ruling coalition had elected UDP MDC Metbah Lyngdoh as their new leader. Lyngdoh will also be the candidate for the CEM’s post.
The State Government had earlier recommended for the imposition of the Administrator’s Rule in the Council.