SHILLONG: Chairman of the State Planning Board Lambor Malngiang has said the MDA’s move to field common candidates for Shillong and Tura parliamentary seats “will only strengthen the alliance”.
Malngiang, who is an independent MLA, told reporters on Wednesday that all the partners of the MDA will support the common candidates.
“We are in the front seat and we will work hard to ensure the win of our common candidate,” he said, adding that the move to field a common candidate “is unique” and “will strengthen the alliance in many ways”.
“We have decided that we will work together through thick and thin to ensure that the government completes its full term,” he added.
Terming the upcoming elections as an interesting battle, he added that the Congress in Meghalaya have not shown any remarkable improvement in the last five years even as he added that the Congress in the 2014 council polls secured 10 seats and this time too the numbers did not change whereas the regional partners of the alliance have shown improvement as far as winning seats in the council elections is concerned.
