NONGSTOIN: The West Khasi Hills District Congress Committee on Thursday organized a meeting with five different Block Congress Committees in West Khasi Hills which was attended by Rekibbuddin Ahmed, Congress legislator from Assam and Additional Pradesh Returning Officer in charge Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, James Lyngdoh, general secretary in charge West Khasi Hills, Gabriel Wahlang, secretary MPCC in charge West Khasi Hills, Ebel War, secretary in charge East Khasi Hills, Kamol Marbaniang, general secretary, Shillong City, Eurica Lyngdoh, DCC president, West Khasi Hills.
The Congress is aiming to push aside the regional parties in the numbers game for recruitment of new members into the political fold in West Khasi Hills which has no Congress legislator.
The oldest political party of the country is holding its organizational elections in July and has begun a large-scale drive to enroll new members before May 15.
The Assam MLA expressed his appreciation to the DCC for the enrolment drive and urged all the party workers to work hard to gain the support of the people of the district to be able to gather the maximum number of seats in the 2018 Assembly elections.
Gabriel Wahlang informed that the enrolment drive has been successful in West Khasi Hills and added that two out of the five block Congress committees have completed the recruitment process.
