Congress want to retain 2 seats in the upcoming bypoll: Ampareen

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaAugust 26, 2021

Senior Congress leader Ampareen Lyngdoh on Thursday said the Congress is eyeing to retain the two seats Rajabala and Mawryngkneng in the upcoming bye elections.

“The first strategy before us is to retain the two by-election seats which have still not been announced by the Government. Yes we are under the pandemic, we know that there are challenges that have to be met with but two constituencies Rajabala and Mawryngkneng, have remained without a representative from the month of March and April so now we need to consolidate on these two very important seats which were predominantly ours, we will have to strategies to ensure that we are able to retain these seats,” Lyngdoh, who was appointed as working president of the MPCC, told reporters.

The East Shillong legislator also informed that a new committee will be formed accordingly that will make inroads for election 2023.

“… so it is a right time and we are about a year and a half away from poll, we hope we are able to consolidate, stick to grass root selections of candidates, groom candidates where we have no probable or prominent face, we will then have to ensure that whatever decisions that are taken are grassroot in nature so that the support comes naturally for our candidates in 2023,” she said.

According to her, the new team will start planning the manifesto of the party soon.

“We hope now to immediately expand the team, make sure that we place enough party men and women who have dedicated themselves to servicing through the congress party in correct positions so that this team becomes a formidable team, this team will have a purpose and this team will remain focused. There has been very poor governance since 2018 that is the narrative of the community,” the working president added.