Uncertainty in Meghalaya Political Skyline
Eastern Panorama|November 2016

The season’s autumn sunshine is on and in contrast the political skyline of the land of clouds, ‘Meghalaya’, is overcast with uncertainty. Like the fickleness weather, the political shift has started, for politicians to fish in troubled waters, seeking opportunities to be one of the contenders, specially of the Khasi-Jaintia elections for the District council, in which sitting members had earlier vacated six seats in Khasi Hills and one in the Jaintia Hills, fear of being suspended as members of the state legislative assembly, as envisaged in the Dual Post Act.

Sumar Sing Sawian
Uncertainty in Meghalaya Political Skyline

The District Council election slated on December 13 next, is viewed as a forerunner of the elections to the state legislative assembly, in 2018. Therefore it is tight rope walking for the political parties, who cannot afford to make a slip. All parties would be involved to test their strength and also to experiment their strategies in the poll arena.

This story is from the November 2016 edition of Eastern Panorama.

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