SHILLONG, JUN 10: United Democratic Party (UDP) chief and cabinet minister Metbah Lyngdoh Wednesday said the party has not yet launched a full-fledged campaign...
Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer Dr BDR Tiwari on Tuesday said the byelection to the Shillong Lok Sabha seat is required to be held within six months of the demise of the sitting MP, and the election machinery is fully prepared to conduct the poll.
The United Democratic Party is yet to decide on its candidate for the upcoming Shillong Lok Sabha by-election, party legislator from Khliehriat Kyrmen Shylla said on Monday.
The National People’s Party on Thursday formally declared Khasi Authors’ Society president Dr DRL Nonglait as its official candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election, with party national chief and Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma asserting that the party would “win this by-election.”
Khasi Authors’ Society president Dr DRL Nonglait on Thursday pledged to work for “the welfare of the people and the state” after the National People’s Party formally declared him as its candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election.
The National People’s Party (NPP) on Thursday has announced academician and educationist Dr D. Rockyer Lyngdoh Nonglait as its candidate for the upcoming Shillong Lok Sabha by-election.
The NPP is in the final stage of discussions on its candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha byelection, with an announcement likely after the party’s general executive meeting on May 7, Cabinet Minister and NPP state youth president Wailadmiki Shylla said on Tuesday.
Cabinet minister and BJP leader Sanbor Shullai on Wednesday said the BJP central leadership has given a “green signal” to field a candidate for the upcoming Shillong Lok Sabha by-election, adding that he is prepared to contest if the party decides to nominate him.
NPP legislator from East Shillong and adviser to the MDA government Ampareen Lyngdoh has stated she would rather focus on her assembly constituency than contest the upcoming Shillong Lok Sabha by‑election.
