Former home minister HDR Lyngdoh on Friday expressed confidence that he would be re-elected from Sohiong.
The former five-time legislator said, “I foresee the love and affection that the people have for me and definitely I will win without any contradiction…I will bounce back to power.”
“I have decided to contest again to repair the damage that has been done in the last five years,” he said.
He also asked people to judge the performance of the sitting legislator Samlin Malngiang, who recently quit the HSPDP and joined the NPP, in the assembly.
On his decision to join the UDP party, the former Congress leader said, “I want to join the regional party to uplift the regionalism in the state with a national outlook.”
“It is the voice of the people, they are crying and wanting that the party of regional entities should rule the state now,” he added.