SHILLONG: The general secretary of state Mahila Congress, Havergail Edwina Bareh, has resigned from her post and is set to join NPP to prepare for the Assembly elections of 2018.
Bareh has tendered her resignation to the state president of Mahila Congress, Joplin Shylla, citing personal reasons.
She had contested the council elections in 2014 where she secured more than 2,000 votes. In the 2013 Assembly elections, she had extended support to the Congress candidate from Shillong West Mahindro Rapsang. Apart from Bareh, four members from the State Mahila Congress have quit the party to join NPP. These party members are former president of the Mahila Congress Ebel War, and N Warjri P Nongpluh and Liliancy Lyngdoh.
Meanwhile, NPP South West Khasi Hills will felicitate Rowell Lyngdoh on January 12 at a meeting to be held at Mawkyrwat ground.
In a statement issued here, the president of NPP South West Khasi Hills LH Pariong said Lyngdoh would be felicitated for joining NPP.
On this day, national NPP president Conrad Sangma, state president WR Kharlukhi, NPP member Prestone Tynsong and others will be present at the meeting.
Meanwhile, Former Cabinet minister Prestone Tynsong said on Tuesday welfare of farmers would be the top priority if NPP was voted to power.
Addressing a gathering at an election rally in Umroi in Ri Bhoi, Tynsong pointed out the poor credit ratio of banks.
“Lack of credit facilities is hampering the economic growth of farmers and small entrepreneurs,” he said and alleged that Chief Minister Mukul Sangma was not concerned about the rights of farmers.
“I had taken up the issue of poor credit ratio with the chief minister, who holds the finance portfolio but he was least bothered. I made several attempts to apprise him to take necessary interventions but due to his arrogance and dictatorial attitude he did not address the issue,” the NPP leader said.
He also told the crowd that the Congress was trying to create misconception about NPP by propagating lies and spreading false rumours. “NPP as a party is committed to working for the interest of all people and enhance their livelihood and protect land rights of the people,” he said.
Over 10,000 plus people pledged their support for NPP candidate Ngaitlang Dhar, ex-MLA of Umroi at the rally.
Dhar said, “In 2013, the people had come to him with the mandate that he should ensure that all villages in Umroi should get roads and connectivity between villages and he had kept his promise”.
Dhar informed that he had donated his entire salary of Rs 60 lakh plus Rs 9 lakh from his own account to the dorbar, orphanages, different denominations, sports clubs and events, etc. “In the past five years I have constructed more than 40 football fields in the constituency.” He said people have witnessed more development in the past four years under his tenure as MLA than in the last 40 years.
