Ardent Basaiawmoit, who is now at the helm of the Voice of the People Party (VPP), which was launched here today, has accused the NPP-led MDA government of deceiving the people of the State by passing a resolution in the Assembly for implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP).
“The government had already deceived the people of the state including the pressure groups as I don’t see that the resolution passed by the Assembly is the right move when it comes to the implementation of ILP,” Basaiawmoit told reporters during the formal launch of the party.
He said the State government could have implemented the ILP without passing a resolution in the Assembly and alleged that it was trying to shift responsibility to the Centre.
In December 2019, the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly had unanimously passed the resolution urging the Centre for implementation of the ILP following the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which seeks to provide citizenship to immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Basaiawmoit also maintained that the ILP issue will be one of the top priorities of the new party.
