The executive committee of Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) headed by Chief Executive Member Pyniaid Sing Syiem will meet here tomorrow to discuss on the report of the delimitation committee and whether a bill on delimitation of constituencies as per the report would be tabled in the next session of the council.
It may be mentioned that the delimitation committee which was constituted by the KHADC to rationalise the number of voters in the 29 constituencies submitted its report today to the executive committee of the council through Deputy Chief Executive Member, Pynshngain N. Syiem.
“The executive committee of KHADC will meet tomorrow to discuss and deliberate on the report of the delimitation committee. The meeting will take a final decision on how to go forward with the report,” Syiem told media persons today.
He also said that the executive committee will decide whether to come up with a delimitation bill and present it in the House. According to him, the bill will be as per the report of the delimitation committee.
Stating that most of the people wanted election to the KHADC to be held as early as possible, Syiem said that after the bill got the assent of the Governor, the State government will notify the electoral rolls in order to hold the election based on the delimitation bill.
Syiem also said that the KHADC would put the delimitation bill in the public domain for the public to give suggestions, or make claims and objections.
It may be mentioned that the KHADC had constituted the delimitation committee through a notification issued on October 20, 2023.
At the same time, the tenure of the KHADC which was supposed to end in March 2024 was extended for a period of six months due to the delimitation process.
The delimitation committee is headed by former judge of the KHADC Court Dr. Stralwell Kharsyiemlieh. The members include former minister S Loniak Marbaniang, NEHU professor D Rockyer Lyngdoh Nonglait and former teacher R Myrboh. Former KHADC secretary Monsoon Kharkrang is the member secretary of the committee.
Dr. Kharsyiemlieh said that the committee had finalised its report despite the fact that they did not receive the copy of the electoral rolls of KHADC from most districts and civil sub-divisions.
“We received only the electoral rolls of KHADC constituencies in East Khasi Hills,” he said.
Further, he mentioned that the positions of constituencies remained mostly unaltered as the number of voters was more or less similar. He said that the two constituencies where the number of voters is not equal are Mawlai and Laban-Mawprem.
