Shillong, May 6: Political parties have raised “no major disagreement” over the expert committee report on the state’s Reservation Policy, the state government said after an all-party meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, convened to discuss the report.
Apart from Voice of the People’s Party (VPP), which skipped the meeting citing “preoccupation”, representatives of all other parties, including ruling allies in the MDA government, were briefed on key findings of the Expert Committee on Reservation Policy.
The all-party meeting was convened as per the Chief Minister’s assurance given in the Assembly where the report was tabled on February 18, 2026.
Representatives of the National People’s Party (NPP), United Democratic Party (UDP), Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM), Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and the Indian National Congress (INC) took part in the meeting at the State Guest House in Shillong.
“During the course of those proceedings, the chief minister had made a statement in the House that all the political parties will be called to seek their views and their consultations and to present the findings of the report,” Commissioner & Secretary Cyril VD Diengdoh said.
The report, spanning “21 volumes of almost 4,000 pages,” has already been shared with all MLAs, Diengdoh said.
Referring to the discussion on key recommendations of the committee during the meeting, the official said, “Majority of the political parties looked at the presentation and there was no major disagreement with what the committee has found in the report.”
He, however, declined to go into detail of views expressed by different parties and leaders on the report.
“They appreciated the fact that the government has called them as the chief minister had said that this will happen,” he said, adding that “if required, further consultations will be held with others.”
Mentioning about VPP’s decision to skip the meeting, Diengdoh said, “They (VPP) have given in writing that they will not be able to attend… We have invited all the political parties…,” Diengdoh said.
He said the one-hour presentation focused on “the main issues, the legal position, constitutional position, since a lot of the issues dealt with the constitutional law or the legal issues.”
Parties have been asked to study the report in detail and submit further suggestions if needed.
“I don’t think there is a need for any other meeting. Some political parties may give further suggestions after they go through the report,” Diengdoh said.
“All of them greatly appreciated the fact that the government had called them and we had made this presentation to them,” he added.
