Suspended Congress legislator from East Shillong constituency, Dr. M Ampareen Lyngdoh on Thursday alleged that the Congress party has disintegrated and rejected all the five sitting legislators and instead have decided to put up their own candidates.
Stating that she has complete faith in the Congress Party, Dr. Lyngdoh argued that there is no such thing like love for the party to the point of retiring and sitting at home.
“I have complete faith in the party that has given me this opportunity to be an MLA. I do have that faith but if my party has disintegrated and rejected me , what do you expect me to do? Obviously I cannot take an early retirement, I have to find out from my people whether they still want me to contest,” the suspended Congress legislator from East Shillong constituency said.
She further added that if her constituency people wants her to be a contender in the next election, she will move forward.
“love as I may the congress party, respect as I may the congress party, congress party has rejected me, so who will contest for the congress? Is there somebody who will be contesting from our place, so let the result show you,” Lyngdoh added.
Asked if congress will revive back, the legislator said, “ I will not make any observations on behalf of the party that I love, I love the congress and you have hurt me first before hurting my people by rejecting me without a strong foundation, why did you do that? Love does not go one way, love is two way traffic, I love you if you love me. You hate me, I hate you, that’s the logic applied.”
“ What else do you want us to do? Who doesn’t love congress? Congress has been in my blood since I was 13-14 years old, what are you saying? Why have you rejected us, you have to respond to the public. There is no such thing like love for the party to the point of retiring and sitting at home,” Lyngdoh said.
Asked about the fate of the five suspended congress legislators, she said, “We are still congress because they have just suspended us, so the discussion of the fate of the five, I think has become very clear, I think the media has followed this very keenly. I think you already know who the congress candidate is from 16 East Shillong, so what happened to this sitting congress? Shall I sit back? and do nothing? or shall I move forward.”
She further stated that the five suspended congress legislators are have decided to complete their tenure as congress legislators before shifting to the other parties. She further asked the public to be patient because the 10th schedule is binding them all.
“We are not zero, we are congress, in the house we are still five,” the MLA added.