SHILLONG, APR 5: The opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP) on Friday accused the legislators belonging to different political parties for “half-heartedly” supporting the Inner Line Permit (ILP) resolution.
Speaking to reporters, VPP spokesman Batskhem Myrboh said that the party respect the wisdom of the Assembly for passing the resolution to urge the Centre for immediate implementation of the ILP in Meghalaya.
“But looking at the members of the Legislative Assembly, which passed this resolution and if you look at the history of their stand on the ILP, it proves to be otherwise, they were the people, who I would say half-heartedly or even quarter committed to the ILP,” he said.
He said it was unfortunate that the Centre not only failed to give ILP to Meghalaya but had even removed the words Khasi-Jaintia Hills District from the preamble of the regulation of 1873 adding this is totally a failure on the part of the state government.
Myrboh said that in view of this, the VPP has decided to pursue aggressively with the Centre on the issue.
“We will not stop and we will put pressure on the Central government,” he said.