SHILLONG: The president of National People’s Party (NPP), Mawlai circle, Silvester Kurbah, has resigned from the party after, he claimed, the party leadership had informed by the party leaders that it will not set up a candidate from Mawlai constituency.
Kurbah who is aspiring for NPP ticket from Mawlai and his supporters were disappointed at this move of the NPP even as they argued that they have worked hard to mobilize the party in Mawlai.
The president Shillong city and organizing secretary of the state NPP called Kurbah and his supporters to meet them in the party office at Lachumiere where they conveyed the message to them.
“They (the party leaders) have not made anything clear. They said that the party is not going to set up any candidate in Mawlai though they told us that we can still work for the party,” he said.
Peeved at the move of the NPP, he said, “I have decided to contest the election as an independent in the 2018 State Assembly elections.”
According to him, political parties are not trust worthy and argued that even regional parties in the state stand in disaccord with one another.
Kurbah joined NPP last year and has applied for VRS which will effect on November 30. He was Superintendent, Mines and Minerals, Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC).
t will not set up a candidate from Mawlai constituency.
Kurbah who is aspiring for NPP ticket from Mawlai and his supporters were disappointed at this move of the NPP even as they argued that they have worked hard to mobilize the party in Mawlai.
The president Shillong city and organizing secretary of the state NPP called Kurbah and his supporters to meet them in the party office at Lachumiere where they conveyed the message to them.
“They (the party leaders) have not made anything clear. They said that the party is not going to set up any candidate in Mawlai though they told us that we can still work for the party,” he said.
Peeved at the move of the NPP, he said, “I have decided to contest the election as an independent in the 2018 State Assembly elections.”
According to him, political parties are not trust worthy and argued that even regional parties in the state stand in disaccord with one another.
Kurbah joined NPP last year and has applied for VRS which will effect on November 30. He was Superintendent, Mines and Minerals, Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC).