Power cuts were perennial problems during Congress regime: NPP leader

SHILLONG: For eight years that the Mukul Sangma-led Congress government was in power, the State faced power cuts for at least four months every year, for more than four hours every day — and that too in the period when students appeared for board exams. That is about 3,840 hours or 160 days of complete blackout for the people of Meghalaya which the Congress government deliberately put the people through.

"Today, such a corrupt and dictatorial Congress party is lecturing on the power department. This was stated by the spokesperson of National People's Party (NPP), Meghalaya Nickey Nongkhlaw.

"We are not surprised that Mukul Sangma and Zenith are desperately trying to build a public image and repeatedly trying to fool the public on the same issue," added Nongkhlaw on Tuesday.

He also said that the Meghalaya's Congress has undergone a restructuring recently after months of power struggle and infighting, at the centre of which was Mukul who was trying to pull all strings by himself.

Further, he said that the dictatorial Mukul's image and control over the party is now at stake, whereby he and his brother Zenith are feeling threatened in the run up to the 2023 elections with Vincent Pala in-charge of the party.

"In fact, there is a reason why Mukul's name features nowhere in the current party leadership because presently, it is a real possibility that Mukul will not be the face of the party anymore no matter how desperate he tries. With other Congress members trying to step up, the only thing both Mukul and Zenith can now do is try and manipulate the public to win their favour or else be sidelined," he said. He said that Zenith in his recent statement spoke about leasing out MeECL assets to private entities, despite the Hon'ble Chief Minister having clearly mentioned in the past that there was no question of giving away MeECL assets to private bodies. Hence, Zenith's statement on NITCON is simply laughable and goes to show how he and his brother appear unprepared in front of the media with no research or facts whatsoever.

"Perhaps they are confused on where to focus more time and energy — in the Congress party to try and consolidate power internally, or in the media to sell their lies," he said.

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