Ampareen may be under pressure from BJP, CBI: Pala

Staff Reporter

Shillong, March 26: Sitting Congress MP from Shillong Vincent H Pala has alleged that the National People’s Party candidate Ampareen Lyngdoh may be under pressure from the BJP and CBI.

Speaking to media persons after filing his nomination today, Pala said ethically it is not good for him to comment on other candidates just because they are making so many comments against him. He was Referring to Ampareen’s recent statement that she is very familiar with the Congress turf and is ready to unseat Pala in the coming Lok Sabha elections, next month.

Pala however said that Ampareen had helped campaign for him in the last 3 elections.

“Extensively, she (Ampareen) had campaigned all over (Khasi-Jaintia Hills, she praised me a lot during the elections. Now, when she left that side, I think the CBI forced her to say something or the BJP forced her to say something, I will not say anything but she was very helpful to me, she was very good to me,” he said.

“I don’t want when somebody is under CBI, when somebody has so many things, they may have to speak what they don’t mean also. You know sometimes you mean what you don’t talk and sometimes you talk what you don’t mean. I don’t want to reply or say anything on this issue,” he added.

On the allegation that he has a soft corner for the NPP, Pala said, “I have a soft corner for all parties. I think it is not hard or soft corner to win elections, it is how people will trust you. I take politics as politics and friendship as friendship and individual personal relation is something different. I think it is not that I have a soft corner for any party but I think as a small state and small community, we should work together for the benefit of the people and not for my personal benefit, so the question of soft and hard doesn’t arise.”