'All India Trinamool Congress will have more bearing in Garo Hills during Assembly poll'

A REPORTER

SHILLONG: MDC (Member of District Council of UDP (United Democratic Party) Paul Lyngdoh has stated that the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) will have more bearing in Garo Hills in the upcoming 2023 Assembly polls.

"The AITC will have more bearing when it comes to Garo Hills because its chief architect, Dr Mukul Sangma has been instrumental in the victory of the Congress party in the past two decades," said Lyngdoh on Thursday.

"But in the case of Khasi-Jaintia sector, I reiterate that our politics here has always been individual driven and based around personalities and not on political parties."

The former Minister also said that one thing that is remarkable about the entry of the AITC in Meghalaya is that it is being seen as a "vertical split" within the Congress in the state where it first became very strong.

Lyngdoh further stated that his immediate reading is that the AITC-Congress split will play a very significant role in the Garo Hills sector and specially with the Congress being reduced to just 5 MLAs in the Khasi Jaintia Hills sector and also the emerging news that MDCs are deserting the Congress.

He also predicted that Congress will be wiped out at least in the Garo Hills sector.

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