HYC demands Govt to appoint Nongrang as first woman Meghalaya DGP

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 12, 2021

: The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) has demanded the state government to consider appointing Additinal DGP Idashisha Nongrang as the first woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Meghalaya.

“It will be a momentous occasion for the indigenous communities as well as the state as a whole if the state government appoint Idashisha Nongrang as the first ever woman DGP of the state,” HYC general secretary Roy Kupar Synrem said in a memorandum to the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday. 

Synrem also maintained that the HYC would strongly object to any attempt from the state government to appoint a person serving in other states as the next DGP of the state as was done in the past by denying the deserving senior-most officer serving the state having fulfilled the requisite criteria for sch an appointment. 

The demand came in view that the tenure of the present DGP R Chandranathan, IPS (1986 batch) will end in November, this year or on attaining superannuation on 13.12.2021. He was appointed on November 6, 2018.

Synrem however said in the previous years it is seen that the state government is keen to appoint a senior officer from amongst the cadre who had served in different positions in other state(s) also and not from the senior-officers serving the State who are eligible for such appointment.

He further informed that as per the official website of the Meghalaya Police providing the List of IPS Officers Assam-Meghalaya Cadre (Meghalaya Wing), the senior most Officer after the present DGP is Idashisha Nongrang, IPS (1992 Batch),who is at present holding the post of Additional Director General of Police (L&O/TAP), Meghalaya, Shillong.

“As an organisation we feel that Nongrang is a deserving candidate to be appointed to the highest-ranking police officer in the state. 

The service records and experiences of Nongrang speaks for itself of her capability to lead the police department,” he said. 

“Considering Meghalaya is predominantly a matrilineal society and to have a female officer from the indigenous community of the state to be appointed to the highest-ranking post of police officer of the state is a matter of great pride to us as a community and the state as a whole,” Synrem added.

The HYC leader further pointed out how the other indigenous communities in the North-East takes pride when one of them is elevated to the higher post either in the administration or the police service. 

Recently, the Chief Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang congratulated the first person from the Sikkim State Police Officer to be promoted to the rank of IGP in the Himalayan State. 

Congratulating the said Police Officer, the Chief Minister said “…It is a momentous occasion in the history of Sikkim”. 

He also added “Since the formation of our Government, we have focused on setting new milestones and this achievement opens up possibilities for other State Police Service Officers to attain greater heights in their career, which was not possible earlier. Previously SPS Officers could only reach the level of DIG”.  

Meanwhile, the HYC has also sought the intervention of the Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui on the matter.