Paul says home deptt should crack down on LRO for branding Meghalaya as unfriendly state

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 28, 2023

Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh on Friday said that the home department should crack down on the Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) for its attempt to brand Meghalaya as an unfriendly state.

“I believe that the home department should crack down on such groups like this LRO,” Lyngdoh told reporters.

“I am very clear that these groups have a very sinister agenda. The agenda means to brand Meghalaya as unfriendly and therefore to sort of discourage people from travelling to Meghalaya,” he said.

Stating that the tourist inflow in Meghalaya has almost reached 15 lakhs per year, Lyngdoh said, “Seeing is believing and when these visitors come and they find that people here are friendly, cooperative and welcoming, the perception changes.”

The minister further informed that he had instructed the department through the tourism website to declare that “Meghalaya is not just safe but it is the ultimate tourist destination of the country”.

On Wednesday, the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) had lodged a first information report (FIR) against the LRO for trying to incite religious and communal tension between different communities in the state.