Meghalaya’s Cabinet Minister Paul Lyngdoh emphasizes on need for regional parties to rebuild themselves
Staff Reporter
Shillong, March 9: UDP leader and cabinet minister Paul Lyngdoh today said there is a need for regional parties to rebuild themselves.
His statement came after the attempt of the regional parties to form an alternative government could not materialize.
“We need to rebuild and we need to do our proper homework. We failed because whatever unity that was there was so fragile, so there are lessons that we can learn and we have learned,” Lyngdoh told reporters.
On the former UDP president late Donkupar Roy’s dream to ever come true, the minister however said, “Well there is a saying that between what is said and done, more is said and less is done and I think we have to try to walk the talk, set goals, refocus and reenergize ourselves.”
The UDP has 11 MLAs in the just-elected 59-member House.
Paul Lyngdoh terms MDA 2.0 a ‘dream team’
Staff Reporter
Shillong, March 7: UDP leader and newly sworn-in cabinet minister Paul Lyngdoh today referred to the Conrad K Sangma-led MDA-2 government as a “dream team” and said the expectations are well justified.
“We have a team which is comparatively more mature and there is more quality in it in terms of the experience and educational qualification of the various members of the cabinet,” Lyngdoh told reporters.
The West Shillong legislator added, “As I said this looks to be a more cohesive, a more experienced, qualitatively far better cabinet so it is a dream team…the expectations are well justified.”
Stating that the allocation of the portfolio is the prerogative of the chief minister, Lyngdoh said, “I am sure he will use his sense of balance to ensure every minister is able to perform to the optimum.”
The UDP, which is the second-largest party with 11 members, was given two cabinet berths.
On the party’s performance with two cabinet berths, the UDP leader however said, “Well, quality is everything, the number is nothing. You can have any portfolios and you don’t deliver and you have one minister holding five departments and he delivers so well so that is the comparison.”
Whether there is any agreement among the UDP MLAs for sharing of the cabinet berths, Lyngdoh said, “Well I am not privy to any such information. Let’s live one day at a time and make the best use of that single day and let’s perform today and again perform tomorrow. We will take one day at a time.”
The West Shillong legislator said, “Qualitatively Meghalaya deserves better and my sincere attempt right from the word go is to optimize the potential that God has given me and I am sure that goes for every member of the cabinet.”