VPP Faults Meghalaya Government’s Silence After HNLC Threats to Ardent Basaiawmoit

Overview

• VPP spokesperson Batskhem Myrboh questioned the absence of any government condemnation and flagged concerns over law and order.
• The HNLC linked its warning to alleged interference in KHADC affairs and the delay in issuing the Sanad to the new Syiem of Hima Sohra.
• Editorial analysis criticized the KHADC’s appointment of Mynjurlang Majaw as Acting Syiem as breaching tradition and the 1959 Act, noting lucrative toll and limestone revenues around Shella-Bholaganj.
• The outlawed outfit is in dialogue with the government even as reports cite arrests of cadres over an IED blast at a construction site in Jaintia Hills.
• Ardent M. Basaiawmoit said the KHADC leadership rests on a public mandate and declared he is prepared to face consequences to improve governance.