SHILLONG: NPP leader and Shyamnagar MDC SG Esmatur Mominin on Thursday said that there is no question of calling a special session in Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) as asked by the Opposition Congress.
Mominin said that the opposition is trying for a special session in GHADC but the rule says that atleast 2\3 of the total strength of the House should ask for it whereas the opposition does not have the number and so the question of special session does not arise.
Stating that the NPP-led EC will have to prove its majority in the next session of the House, Mominin exuded confidence that the NPP-led EC will continue its full term in the House.
“ There was some misunderstanding between some MDCs and we are going to resolve the matter very soon as the party president is taking interest in the matter and our CEM is also in touch with the MDCs who went against the EC,” Mominin said.
On being asked about the claims of BJP to lead the EC in the council, he said that the BJP will not be able to form the EC because of the ideological differences of BJP and the Congress.
The NPP MDC also blamed the Congress for masterminding the entire instability episode in GHADC.
Earlier, Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy told a delegation of GHADC MDCs who called on him on Tuesday that he will go by the rules regarding the demand for reconvening the session to take up no-confidence motion.
It may be mentioned that the NPP-led coalition has sought a week’s time to file an affidavit in the High Court of Meghalaya in response to the petition of the Congress-led alliance to continue the session in GHADC to take up the no-confidence motion. The petition filed by MDC Stevie Marak was heard by the High Court on Monday and the next hearing will be held on December 11.
