TURA: The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) will now have two additional executive members (EMs) after the State government approved a resolution passed by its current nine-member Executive Committee.
The NPP-led Garo Hills Progressive Alliance (GHPA), which is currently running the Council, had raised the issue of ‘under representation’ of the Executive Committee before the State government and the Governor. The Executive Committees of KHADC and JHADC have 11 members for the last several years. The additional posts bring GHADC on a par with the other two Councils.
“A resolution passed by our Council was forwarded to the District Council Affairs Department and the Governor, who gave his approval last week,” said chief executive member (CEM) Denang T Sangma.
Sitting NPP member and Wageasi MDC Sengnal N Sangma, and former Congress and now NPP MDC from Naguapara, Dhormonath Ch Sangma, are likely to join the new posts.
Sengnal had defeated Congress heavyweight and sitting MDC Freederson Sangma from Wageasi constituency in Baghmara while Dhormonath Sangma who had won on a Congress ticket from Naguapara defected to the NPP in August. Sengnal is currently the chairman of resource mobilisation for the GHADC.
