Meghalaya Cabinet postpones GHADC elections

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SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Cabinet, on Monday, decided to postpone the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) elections and also impose Administrator's Rule in the Council. The election to the GHADC was slated for later this year. The present term of the GHADC ends on October 18.

"We have decided to postpone the polls to a date to be decided later depending on the COVID - 19 situation in the State," Chief Minister Conrad Sangma told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.

Pointing out that it would not be easy to have an election in the present circumstances, the Chief Minister, however, said that the government has taken the advice of the Health department in this regard and feels that holding the polls at this juncture may pose risk to the public.

The Chief Minister informed that the Administrator's Rule will be for a period of six months. He also said that the District Council Affairs Department will decide whether to allow a Deputy Commissioner of any of the district of Garo Hills region to run the affairs or an officer should do it.

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