Editor,
Apropos of the special article “COVID-19 restrictions never had slightest basis in the Sciences” by Sanjeev Sabhlok, Adviser Swatantra Bharat Party and the editorial “Meghalaya’s convoluted politics” (ST February 10, 2022), Sabhlok has done a commendable service to humanity with a thorough research which is full of facts. The article is very informative and excellent. Senseless people griped by FEAR (false expectation appearing real) fell prey to propaganda and stealth warfare of those who want Total Control of the world and in the process fools died? For me Covid-19 meant Total Control and Great Rest. People who do not discern die after all the numbers of pathogens are more than the number of stars and creation did not tamper with them and placed them where they are supposed to be but poor mortal human loves to fiddle. Information from various sources lend credence to the notion that Covid-19 is a result of Gain of Function Research.
Coming to the editorial which is very apt and timely, I am fully in sync with the editor that “Meghalaya people do not vote for any ideology. The choice of candidate by a voter is a very personal one”. There may be no permanent friends or enemies in politics but politics in Meghalaya is full of mumbo jumbo. Garo Chief Ministers led Meghalaya for more than 28 years and the Khasi Chief Ministers for 22 years. Everything seems disastrous at a glance but in absence of any study on political, economic and social conditions in Meghalaya during the Chief Ministership of these two community leaders it will not be proper to draw any conclusion whether their role was positive or negative. At a time when Newspeak is overtaking old speak the Government of Meghalaya could commission a study to find out who performed well in leading the State in the last 50 years, so that the people of Meghalaya know the facts if not the truth of the last fifty years.
Yours etc.,
V.K.Lyngdoh,
Via email
NPP emerging stronger
Editor,
Politics in Meghalaya is like a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. No eyebrows are raised when the 5 Congress MLAs decided to actually sell their goodwill to the government of the day. Why? Because that was expected considering the MPCC President whose one leg is in Delhi and another in Shillong hardly did anything to repair the psyche of the 5 MLAs who perhaps felt the jolt more than Pala did when 12 of their colleagues decided to abandon the Party that they had embraced for decades. Gauging the politics of Meghalaya today it would appear that the biggest gainer from the present political churning is Conrad Sangma’s NPP. It looks like the only stable party that every malcontent is joining or will join sooner than later.
I was amused to read about the HSPDP chief saying that NPP will always need the regional parties. I want to ask this man what his Party has done for this state in the last 20 years. Has it made any dent in the politics of this state? What is the worth of two MLAs? And is the HSPDP even sure if it will win any seat in 2023? These regional party chiefs had better do a reality check rather than flex their muscles. But the voters of Meghalaya might predictably vote the same old opportunists. Who knows?
And when we look at the BJP it looks so spineless in Meghalaya. The BJP Chief was appointed advisor to Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma and he seems happy with that role. It doesn’t look as if he cares about winning more seats for the Party in 2023. When so many members of the BJP in Meghalaya are unhappy with their President why does the person in charge of the Meghalaya affairs continue to pretend that all is well here? If the majority of BJP members here feel that their President has failed them don’t they have the right to elect a new leader who will take the Party forward? The BJP’s status today is pathetic. There is no political stalwart or even a new face that wants to contest the next election joining the BJP.
In Meghalaya the BJP has no roots and is unlikely to spread its roots. It will hopefully be stuck with two MLAs. As far as the UDP is concerned it is always second best. For the moment the NPP is on a very strong footing. Instead of facing anti-incumbency for four years of misrule and corruption it is emerging stronger. Jai ho Meghalaya!
Yours etc.,
Armena Marak,
Via email