Shillong, July 3: The Harijan Panchayat Committee (HPC) has alleged “polite threat†from the Deputy Chief Minister, Prestone Tynsong after he asked illegal settlers at Them ïew Mawlong to consider shifting on their own from the area in view of the recent order passed by the Meghalaya High Court.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, HPC leader, Billu Singh said, “This is veiled polite threat and we reject it in toto. We will not be cowed down like this. We are citizens of the state for the last two centuries, and we cannot be bullied. We have legitimate rights and we will contest for those rights.â€
Alleging the deputy chief minister of misleading the people of the state by quoting only one partial order of the High Court, Singh said, “The deputy chief minister must know that the case is far from over. The legal battle is far from over. The order of February 2019 still stands, and the government of Meghalaya has filed an appeal, which has been listed for August 22.â€
He said the government has to content another case filed by him wherein the eviction notices passed on May 31 have been challenged, adding that this too would come up on August 22.
Tynsong while hailing the court order which directed the residents to cooperate and furnish information to the state said, “The direction of the High Court shows that the state government is doing the right thing because every citizen be it in the state or nation as a whole, we have every right to ask them to furnish all detailed information but these people instead of doing that, they are going to the court to put pressure on the government that they are exempted from that, which I am telling you is illegal, as they cannot do that.â€
Reacting to this, Singh said, “Tynsong is telling lies after lies. Having sat silent for a period of two weeks, during which the contempt petition was pending in the High Court, he is now in an overdrive with his ‘unlawful talk.’ During the Delhi meeting between Union Minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and the chief minister Conrad K Sangma, the deputy chief minister preferred to stay away as he could not face the truth.â€
He said the deputy chief minister and the Shillong Municipal Board must understand that this order is untenable because when an appeal is under consideration, the High Court cannot pass an order on the review petition. “Also our counsels will shortly be seeking a modification of the above quoted order.
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