SHILLONG: The leaders of Mawlai 2017-Social Service Organization (M:17-SSO) that had extended their support to People’s Democratic Front (PDF) by forming the PDF Zonal Committee, Mawlai Constituency, on October 19 has dissolved the party unit in Mawlai taunting the party as a childish and foolish party.
Informing here on Wednesday, L S Lyngdoh, general secretary of M:17-SSO alleged the double standard maintained by the party leaders following media reports that another candidate was also vying for the party ticket, the party unit in Mawlai sought clarification from the party heads as he asserted that Teibor Pathaw was projected as party candidate from Mawlai constituency.
He said, “In a letter to us, the central body leaders said that the party ticket is undecided and that the allotment of ticket is monitored by Central Election Committee (CEC) of the party.”
Meanwhile, Pathaw claimed that he was being assured by PN Syiem, who is proposed to be the PDF leader, that the PDF ticket for Mawlai will go to Pathaw.
Pathaw, while folding the flag of PDF muttered, “It is a party without any foundation.”
Furthermore, Lyngdoh said that relationship with the party leaders turned sour after the central body leadership did not make any communication to the party members in Mawlai and membership forms were not even distributed.
Rani Kurbah, working president of women’s wing, Pynsuklang Hynniewtrep has also tendered their resignation to president of women’s wing, Grace Kharpuri and president youth wing, Hamlet Dohling respectively.
