Shillong, Dec 31: The United Democratic Party (UDP) has named nine candidates in its second list for the autonomous district council (ADC) elections to be held in Khasi and Jaintia Hills region on February 21 next year.
Six of the candidates are for Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) and the rest three 3 for Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC).
The candidates for JHADC include Medling M Swer – War East, Kat Kassar – War Central, Shlur Lamin – War West, Damian S War – Mynsngat Khanduli, Rimilanki Synnah – Nartiang-Wahiajer, and Wailad Siangshai – Musniang Rangad.
For KHADC, the candidates are Suly Lyngdoh – Mawsynram, Gilbert Laloo – Mylliem and Ryngkatlang Lyndem – Langkyrdem Laitkroh.
So far, 35 candidates have been declared by the party of which 19 for KHADC and 16 for JHADC.
Addressing a meeting held at the party office, UDP chief Metbah Lyngdoh said, “We are confident that the party will win the upcoming ADC elections.”
Claiming transparency in the candidate selection process, he said, “The power does not rest with the state election committee or the district or circle but the power is with the people, who will approve and extend their full support to our candidates.”
According to him, that is why the process of selecting candidates started right from the village level before it comes to the constituency, district and state level.
Lyngdoh further claimed that there is no fighting over party ticket within the UDP.
“There may be two-three people, who are vying for the party ticket but in the end, we have to select only one candidate from each constituency. But in the UDP there is no such thing as fighting over party ticket. However nonetheless, I urged our party workers, whose names have not been approved for selection as candidates, to continue to work together to ensure victory of the candidates,” he said.
Further, UDP chief said that the ADC elections are totally different from assembly and parliamentary elections.
“We are confident that all candidates declared by the party have a good chance to win the upcoming elections. Selections have been done after due diligence and based on winnability. So I urged all candidates to work hard to ensure the party’s victory,” he added.
