Shillong, Sept 29: Congress leader and former cabinet minister Deborah Marak on Friday said her candidature for the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Tura parliamentary seat will be decided by the party high command.

“I cannot say right now whether I will contest or not because it will depend on the party leadership. If they ask me to contest, I have to contest,” Marak told reporters.

Tura parliamentary seat is currently being represented by sitting NPP MP Agatha K Sangma.

Stating that Congress has a good chance from Garo Hills, the former Williamnagar legislator said, “If we work hard, definitely there is a good chance. When I fought with Agatha I did very well but after that I did not continue fighting.”

Asked how Congress will be able to defeat the NPP, which is in power in the state, Marak said, “If they are in power also, it will not work. Politics changes everyday. It depends on how the party reorganizes at the grassroot level and how we will work hard.”

The MPCC working president said that the party is gearing up for preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. She informed that the issue on the matter will be discussed in the upcoming meeting at Tura Congress Bhavan on October 3, where all leaders and members of the district congress committees (DCCs), block congress committees (BCCs), mahila and youth Congress will be present.

Meanwhile, Marak also expressed confidence that the Congress will retain the Shillong parliamentary seat.

“Vincent H Pala will contest again. I still have confidence in winning this seat. Why not? People will still vote for him,” she said.

She further added that Pala as a president of the MPCC is very good. “He is looking after the party very well. Though he is very busy, he is working very well. I appreciate him,” Marak said.

She said that she will not blame Pala for not being able to be successful in the Assembly polls because there are many reasons behind why he could not make it.

“One reason you all know is that just before the election there was a faction in the Congress and due to that Congress could not come up well otherwise if we fought together in the last election, Mukul Sangma would have been chief minister of the State,” Marak stated.

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