SHILLONG: With the Shella seat falling vacant following the demise of its MLA Donkupar Roy who was also the president of United Democratic Party (UDP), the present UDP leadership has voiced the vacant Shella seat can be filled by one of his children.
Hinting that the legacy of Roy will continue through the family line, working president, Metbah Lyngdoh said the people should not be saddened as the house of Roy will come up with a leader to follow the footsteps of their father. As for the party UDP, Lyngdoh said the UDP will follow the footsteps of Roy as a team.
Lyngdoh was speaking at the funeral service held at Roy’s home at Mawpun, Sohra
on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, speaking at the state funeral programme, another UDP working president, Bindo Lanong echoed the sentiments of Lyngdoh and said that continuing with the political legacy of Roy falls on the shoulders of his children.
“Someone from his home……someone to continue the legacy of the father which will be for the benefit of the people. It is something that needs meticulous thinking and will not do it in haste and will decide at the proper time,” he said.
