A delegation of the 10 Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) from the North East region will be meeting the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday for seeking his intervention into the need for the Centre to speed up clearing the proposed amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India during the Parliament session.

Shillong, Mar 7: Deputy Chief Minister incharge District Council Affairs Prestone Tynsong on Wednesday informed that a committee has been constituted to study and...

Speaking to reporters, Tynsong said that recently the Governor had constituted the delimitation committees of the two ADCs – Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council and Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council.

“We have already sent our proposals to the State government for final sanction and clearance,” KHADC chief Pyniaid Sing Syiem told reporters on Thursday.

The Chief Minister, alongside Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Thomas A. Sangma and State Cabinet Ministers, called on PM Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum to the latter, seeking his intervention on matters such as ILP, externally funded projects, inclusion of inclusion of Khasi and Garo Language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and Assam – Meghalaya border dispute, among others