SHILLONG:JAN 13,2013

The United Democratic Party (UDP) will announce the final list of candidates in a week’s time.

Informing this here on Saturday, the party’s working president

Bindo M Lanong said that the state election committee of the UDP will meet next week to finalise the remaining candidates.

“There are some places which need proper examinations to prevent any untoward rivalry amongst the party members,” he said.

“The delay in releasing the names of the remaining candidates is drawn to the fact that we are examining the candidates of such places in a proper way,” Lanong said.

When asked about the number of candidates, the UDP is going to field, Lanong replied, “I can’t say anything at the moment”.

Till date the UDP has announced 44 candidates.

Shillong, Sept 25:

Even as the United Democratic Party (UDP) central executive committee will take a call on the pre-poll alliance Wednesday, the party’s State Election Committee (SEC) have approved five names for the party ticket for the 2013 assembly election.

UDP working president Paul Lyngdoh informed that the five names which was cleared Tuesday

BG Momin from 38 Mendipathar constituency,

Dr Md Mizanur Rehman Kazi – 47 Rajabala constituency,

WN Sangma – 39 Resubelpara constituency,

Sing Mulieh – 2 Jowai constituency and

Mihsalan Suchiang from Mookaiaw constituency.

Lyngdoh informed reporters after the meeting that the final list would be cleared by next month.

So far the UDP has declared thirty five candidates for the upcoming polls.

The UDP, however, is yet to decide on some constituencies

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Nongthymmai, Jirang, Sohiong, Nongkrem and

few others because there are more than one strong contenders.  

Lyngdoh informed that candidate names for these constituencies will be decided during the next SEC meeting.

With regard to pre-poll alliance Lyngdoh said that the party’s CEC will take a call on this Wednesday. NPP leader PA Sangma had broached the pre-poll alliance issue with the UDP and Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP)-both alliance partner of the Congress in the present government.

Lyngdoh informed that the CEC besides deliberating on the pre-poll alliance issue will also discuss issues pertaining to infiltration, influx, implementation of RTE, reversal of government order on Meghalaya Land Transfer Act .