Shillong, Nov 10: Welcoming the judgment passed by the Meghalaya High Court against the appointment of MLAs as parliamentary secretaries, the Khun Hynñiewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) has urged the Governor to ruling disqualify such MLAs.

The Meghalaya High Court in its judgement passed on Thursday had held “invalid” the Meghalaya Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2005 that allowed the state government to appoint MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.

The Court also left it open for the Governor to decide on the question of disqualification of the parliamentary secretaries as members of the State Assembly.

Slamming the present state government, KHNAM working president Adelbert Nongrum told reporters here on Friday  that the Congress-led government had appointed many parliamentary secretaries just to ensure its own political stability but not for serving the state as such appointment was only a waste of public money despite the fact that the state is facing huge financial crisis.

KHNAM chief adviser, THS Bonney stated that the ruling of the High Court will be a lesson.

“This will ensure that the next state government has to be under a good leadership which is not only for capturing power to ensure one’s own stability,” he said.