SHILLONG: People’s Democratic Front’s central youth front leaders will kick-start the election campaign of the party with a bike rally from Nongrim Hills here on Tuesday at around 7 in the morning.
The rally is to highlight before the public the agenda and principles of the party in different constituencies of Khasi-Jaintia Hills in the run up to the Assembly elections on February 27.
The bike rally campaign will be for four days starting from February 2. Chairman of PDF, PN Syiem will flag off the bike rally.
Syiem told The Shillong Times, “They (the bikers) will reach every constituency wherever the PDF fields a candidate.”
The different constituencies where the youth will travel are Day-1-Nongthymmai- Pynthorumkhrah- Mawlai- Umroi- Mawhati- Umsning- Nongpoh- Jirang.
On the second, they will take the routes of Mairang- Mawthadrishan – Rambrai – Mawthengkut- Nongstoin- Mawkyrwat.
Again on day-3, the bikers will travel the Ranikor- Mawsynram- Sohiong- Mawphlang- Pynursla route.
The final leg of their journey is the route of Shella- Sohra- Mawkynrew- Nongkrem- Mawryngkneng and back to Shillong.
Congress Youth leader joins PDF
Henley Davis Kharshandi, who held the post of vice-president of Mawsynram Area Youth Congress (MAYC), joined the PDF on Monday.
President of Mawsynram PDF Youth Front, Barrister Shangpliang stated that his joining would strengthen the party.
Kharshandi said that there were others who would be supporting Syiem in the forthcoming elections.
According to him, “I can see that Congress will lead nowhere due to the inefficiency of the leadership.”