SHILLONG: United Democratic Party (UDP) units under Pynursla Circle have unanimously decided to recommend the name of Nehru Suting as the party candidate from Pynursla Constituency to contest the ensuing 2018 Assembly election.
The meeting of presidents and secretaries of UDP circle held on Thursday at Pynursla and was chaired by Banari Khongwar, president of UDP Pynursla Circle in the presence of Titoswell Chyne, MLA and Teinwell Dkhar, MDC.
The final decision on the selection of the candidate will, however, be taken at the district and state level of the party. Khongwar has appealed all UDP supporters to support the party candidate in the last election.
The election for the party candidate was entrusted to Chyne to conduct the election process as party observer.
Besides Suting, another aspiring candidate K K Dkhar who had applied for the party ticket, informed the president that he was unable to attend the meeting.
It was after thorough discussion that the meeting unanimously decided to recommend another aspiring candidate, Suting, who was present at the meeting to be the party candidate from the constituency.
It may be recalled that UDP has released the first list of candidates which figures 28 candidates contesting the Assembly elections and the second list will likely be released this month.
Its alliance partner, the Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) has released the names of 13 candidates so far as announced in the first and second list.
