SHILLONG: The Newly elected MLA from Williamnagar Legislative Assembly Constituency (LAC) of Meghalaya, Marcuise N Marak of the National People’s Party (NPP) took oath as member of the tenth State Assembly today.
The oath of office and secrecy was administered by Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Timothy D Shira at the old Assembly office at Police Bazar in Shillong in presence of Chief minister, Conrad Sangma, deputy chief minister, Prestone Tynsong and other MLAs in the oath-taking function.
Marak, was elected from Williamnagar in the adjourned Assembly election held on April 27. With his win the NPP, which heads the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA,) now has 20 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly.
Marcuise Marak said that he would like to ensure that youth of the constituency are not misguided and they don’t go the wrong way since the constituency in the past was affected by militancy. He also said that the infighting within the ruling camp had some factors in his comfortable win.
“When people saw their infighting, many people from rural areas came to us and supported me in the elections,” he added.
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