Congress-NPP alliance ousts UDP from power in KHADC

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJune 19, 2023

The UDP-led executive committee in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) on Monday was toppled after a No-confidence motion was moved by the National People’s Party (NPP) and supported by the opposition Congress.

Chairman of the Council Lamphrang Blah after putting the NC to vote declared that the EC under the leadership of Titosstarwell Chyne has collapsed today after 17 members supported the No-confidence motion against him.

These include 11 NPP and 6 Congress. The NC was moved by Rambrai-Jyrngam MDC Bajop Pyngrope.

Blah also announced that the election to the post of chief executive committee will be held on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Mawryngkneng MDC Pyniaid Sing Syiem is all set to be new CEM of the KHADC after the UDA has decided not to contest the election. 

Earlier in his speech, Chyne has termed the NC as an act of betrayal by the NPP.

“I welcome the NC which was moved against me without any reason. The people will know that the EC led by me was toppled without any reason. The people who I loved the most have backstabbed me today,” he said.

Taking a jibe at the Congress for supporting the NPP, which is tagged as B-Team of the BJP, Chyne said, “The Congress member is the leader of opposition in the Assembly but here they are working together with the NPP.”

When Congress leader Ronnie V Lyngdoh objected to this citing that it is a personal attack on him, the outgoing CEM however said, “This is not a personal attack. Can you hide it from the people?”

Later while speaking to reporters, Chyne said that the Congress is going against its own principle not to work with the BJP and its allies.

“In the state, the MDCs, who are MLAs, are in the opposition in the Assembly whereas here MLAs who are MDCs are working together with the NPP. This is a comedy and this shows that they are hungry for power and that is why they are going against their own principles. They say in the state they cannot work with the NPP-BJP, they also alleged that NPP is the B-Team of BJP, so how come that does not apply? So it means that in politics anything is possible for them,” he said.

When asked, the CEM said that in fact the NPP is moving an NC against itself and they had done it for political convenience. “They (NPP) have already made arrangements to kick us (UDP) out so that they can lead the EC with the help of the Congress. They claimed that they had acted based on the direction and I don’t know who had issued that direction to kick out the UDP and to work with the Congress,” he said.