KHADC CEM and NPP candidate from Nongthymmai constituency Pyniaid Sing Syiem on Saturday asserted that he is ready to withdraw his candidature if anyone can point out provisions of law that bar him from switching constituency to contest the election.
“As a citizen of this country, I am free to contest from any constituency. If anyone can point out provisions of law which bar me from contesting from another constituency, then I am ready to withdraw my candidature,” Syiem said replying to a query during a common platform held in Nongthymmai.
Syiem was questioned why he chose to contest Nongthymmai leaving Sohryngkham constituency, which could also amount to betrayal of the electorate, and if he would do the same to the people of the Nongthymmai after being elected.
Reminding that he had contested and won the 2021 by-election from Mawryngkneng Assembly constituency which was necessitated after the demise of the then MLA Late David Nongrum, he said, the people bestowed their trust and he won and in a short span of time as an MLA he had put in all efforts to flag the issues and concerns of the people in the State Assembly by bringing in motions and participated in debates.
He recalled that he had contested again in 2023 and the same people who had voted for him voted him out.
Shifting the focus to the upcoming MDC elections, he said as an MDC of the Sohryngkham constituency he tried his level best on all fronts to address the plight and needs of the people of his constituency and the indigenous populace at large
“As the legislator during the past ten years, we have managed to pass around 20 bills and around 15 of them become an Act during our term,” he said, adding, “If I am not elected my name will remain as the CEM who has managed to come up with so many legislations”.
