‘Homeless’ in city, Teinwell stays in hostel

SHILLONG: United Democratic Party (UDP) MDC, Teinwell Dkhar, has created history of sorts by continuing to live at the MDC hostel even after becoming the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the KHADC.
The four-time MDC, who has represented Shella constituency since 2004, is forced to stay in the MDC hostel since he does not own a house in Shillong.
Since its inception, the KHADC had never had a CEM who stayed in the MDC hostel.
When contacted, Teinwell said that after winning the MDC election in 2004, he stayed with his brother.
“I have to stay in the MDC hostel since I neither have a house nor any land in Shillong,” Dkhar said.
According to him, he never had any high ambition in life adding that he has no regret for not having a property in Shillong.
“I am happy that by God’s grace I have been able to bring up my children in a proper way. I feel fortunate that I own a vehicle now,” he said.
The Shella MDC, however, said that he has a house at his native Mawlong village near Shella.
Admitting that he had never thought of becoming a politician while he was teaching in one of the schools at Mawkyrwat for 15 years, he added that it is destiny which has brought him to politics.
Pointed out that no CEM was ready to stay in the MDC hostel, he said it was because other CEMs have their own houses.
Revealing his experience of staying in the MDC hostel, he said that there were lot of problems in the initial years, but the situation in the hostel now is far better.