Shillong, July 18: MDA-2 spokesperson Ampareen Lyngdoh has rejected the demand for a winter capital in Tura.
Ampareen told reporters on Tuesday that if everybody is going to say ‘bring the winter capital here, bring the spring capital there, bring the summer capital there then it is all going to go wrong’.
“It would be not correct to consider any kind of a capital anywhere else. We are in Shillong, it is the capital and we hope that these demands should not be entertained. That is my personal view because we will be in trouble if every district starts saying “bring this to my district bring that to my district it will be difficult for us to administrate,” she said when asked about the indefinite hunger strike in Garo Hills by ACHIK demanding a winter capital in Tura.
“The very fact that ministers are going all the way to various parts of the districts with that one intention, we can come to your district, we review your matters, take care of the matters and be there to make sure that you do not feel left out in governance but we can’t have summer capital there, winter capital there, spring capital there, autumn capital here, it is not possible,” Lyngdoh said.
She said so many blocks have recently been installed and put in position and the basic idea is to bring administration closer to the public.
CM to meet ACHIK on July 24
She said the chief minister Conrad K Sangma will be meeting the leaders of the ACHIK and GSMC when he visits Garo Hills on July 24.
Study on Mendipathar railway
Ampareen also asked those opposing railway in Khasi Hills to study on the impact of influx after railway was introduced in Mendipathar.
According to Ampareen, the people of Garo Hills have benefitted from the railway.
