SHILLONG: The amended dual post Act of 2015 and the pending amendment to the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution by the Centre are unlikely to make any difference as by-elections will continue to haunt the State government in future too resulting in undue expenditure.
The financial involvement for the by-polls to the seven vacant council seats is around Rs 2.5 crore.
Sources said even if the amendment to the Sixth Schedule becomes a reality, there is no restriction for the MDCs to contest the Assembly polls that will result in many constituencies remaining vacant.
The amendment to the Sixth Schedule says that if an MDC contests and wins the seat in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly his seat in the respective council will remain vacant.
Sources said this means there will be again by-elections to the Council seat since the amendment to the Sixth Schedule does not completely bar the MDC to contest the election to the Legislative Assembly and vice versa.
Both the amended dual posts Act and the amendment to the Sixth Schedule only want to ensure that an elected representative should hold only one post.
