TURA: The Congress-led alliance in the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) headed by Chief Executive Member Boston Marak has on Friday announced the distribution of council portfolios to 10 members of his new Executive Committee.
Boston has retained the important finance portfolio along with personnel, general administration, coal market and other portfolios not allotted to any executive member.
The CEM’s deputy from the Garo National Council (GNC), Wenison Marak, has got civil works.
Another GNC MDC, Jinberth Goera R Marak, is the new EM for land and revenue, land acquisition, relief and rehabilitation and inter-state boundary dispute.
Mark Goera B Marak has been allotted taxation, town committee, water conservation and catchment area development.
Righteous N Sangma is the EM for forests and environment and jhum control.
Siju MDC Kenadik S Marak has been made EM for Bazar Haats, Art and Culture and Parliamentary Affairs.
Betasing MDC Nripendra Koch has been allotted transport, fishery and ferry ghat.
Tura MDC Rupert M Sangma is the EM for water works, printing press, tourism, planning, administrative reforms.
Jengjal MDC Levastone T Sangma was allotted the portfolios of agriculture, minor irrigation and horticulture and local bodies.
Naguapara MDC Dormonath Ch Sangma, has been given rural development, youth affairs, co-ordination and resource mobilisation.
Bolsong MDC Jogonsing Sangma was allotted the portfolios of rural administration, administration of justice, social custom and usages.
Interestingly, one of the key rebels who engineered the split in the NPP-BJP-GNC alliance, Asanang MDC Ismail Marak, failed to find a berth in the new Executive Committee.
Marak had won the GHADC elections on a Congress ticket but later joined BJP and became a part of the NPP-BJP-GNC alliance.
He again switched allegiance to the Congress by joining hands with rebel NPP MDC Boston Marak and three other members,
namely GNC’s Wenison Ch Marak, Congress rebel Dormonath Ch Sangma and Independent Righteous N Sangma.
The previous NPP led alliance headed by Denang T Sangma fell after its own party member and Chairman of the council Boston walked over to the opposition Congress camp with four other rebels reducing the alliance into a minority.
The Congress returned to power with Boston Marak being made the new CEM, two weeks ago.
