Staff Reporter

Shillong, Nov 29: Cabinet Minister and United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Paul Lyngdoh has decided not to seek re-election from the Jaiaw constituency in the upcoming elections to the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC), to be held next year.

Lyngdoh said that he will not contest to pave the way for the candidature of former Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) general secretary Auguster Jyrwa from the constituency.

“We have recommended the name of Auguster Jyrwa as a candidate of the party from Jaiaw,” he added.

On October 20, 2022, Jyrwa quit the Congress and joined the UDP ahead of the 2023 Assembly polls.

Jyrwa had unsuccessfully contested against Paul Lyngdoh, also a former KSU president, in the 2019 MDC elections.