SHILLONG: Mohendro Rapsang, the probable candidate of the Congress to contest the upcoming election from West Shillong constituency, has contested the allegations that his supporters were responsible for lobbing the petrol bomb at the residence of the local MLA Paul Lyngdoh.
Referring to the incident and the allegations levelled at his supporters, Rapsang asserted that the Congress party and he as candidate wanted the votes by winning the hearts of the people of the constituency and not by intimidation or threat.
“We want peace in the area and this is the reason we went to the SP and asked him for adequate security arrangements in the constituency so that the area remains peaceful,” Rapsang said while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday.
Rejecting Paul Lyngdoh’s allegations Rapsang said, “We are not the type of people who will indulge in such vandalism. In fact we condemn the incident.”
Stating that the allegations were made against him to tarnish his image, Rapsang also informed that they have filed an FIR on Tuesday with the SP about an incident where three miscreants destroyed the CCTV camera installed at the Congress office in Mawprem.
Rapsang has also handed over some evidences and footage from the CCTV to the police.
Denying allegations that his supporters had threatened a UDP youth leader in Lower Mawprem, Rapsang termed the allegations as false and baseless and said he would consult his legal advisor on filing a defamation case against Lyngdoh for his allegations.
On the allegations that the Congress office in Lower Mawprem remains open till the early morning hours, a supporter of Rapsang, Rishan Nongsiej said there is no hard and fast rule that an office of a political organisation should be closed at a fixed time.
“In other places, political parties work 24×7 as long as they don’t disturb people,” the supporter added.
Meanwhile Paul Lyngdoh has taken screen shots of Facebook posts which celebrated the petrol bomb incident and other vicious comments and posted them on his page to demonstrate how dirty the whole matter has become even before the campaign could begin in right earnest.
