Overview

• Employees of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council have gone unpaid for 43 months, accumulating nearly Rs 300 crore in pending salaries.
• Trinamool Congress MDC Cherak W. Momin and Leader of the Opposition Dr Mukul Sangma submitted a detailed memorandum to Governor C. H. Vijayashankar and later met Governor Phagu Chauhan to demand urgent intervention.
• The Meghalaya government has declined to commit to a full bailout for the GHADC while indicating it may release financial advances to ease the council’s cash shortfall.
• Opposition parties have threatened street protests, dharnas and the possible imposition of Governor’s Rule if state authorities fail to resolve the council’s fiscal crisis.
• Dr Mukul Sangma has alleged misappropriation of Rs 100.71 crore in Central assistance grants, prompting a Meghalaya Lokayukta investigation into the GHADC’s fund management.