SHILLONG: Even as the BJP MLA from South Shillong constituency, Sanbor Shullai has threatened to resign from the party if the Centre does not exempt state, Northeast from the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, his colleague in the party, A L Hek has said that he would not take any hasty decision on the matter.
Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, Hek said that while he appreciated the stand of Shullai, he said that resignation was not a solution to the problem
According to Hek, he would take any decision as far as resigning from the party only after discussing the matter at length.
He said that he should fight against the Bill within the party to find out a solution even as he recalled that the party, Government and even NGOs in Meghalaya have vehemently opposed the Bill.
He also maintained that he is opposing the Bill since it is based on religious lines and the Bill should have been based on the spirit of the Constitution