HSPDP to push for amendment of Sixth Schedule provision in state
“The party will write to the Chief Minister and earnestly request the government to introduce a resolution to amend Para 12A (b),” said general secretary of the party, Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar.
By Daiaphira Kharsati
SHILONG:
The Central Executive Council (CEC) of the Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) on Monday said that it will write to the state government to introduce a resolution to amend the Para 12A (b) of the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution in the upcoming Assembly session.
“The party will write to the Chief Minister and earnestly request the government to introduce a resolution to amend Para 12A (b),” said general secretary of the party, Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar.
Para 12A speaks about the Application of Acts of Parliament and the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya to autonomous districts and autonomous regions in the state.
“The President may, with respect to any Act of Parliament, by notification, direct that it shall not apply to an autonomous district or an autonomous region in the State of Meghalaya, or shall apply to such district or region or any part thereof subject to such exceptions or modifications as he may specify in the notification and any such direction may be given so as to have retrospective effect,” the Para 12 (A) mentions.
It may be mentioned that the HSPDP has time and again raised the issue of amendment of the said paragraph. Tongkhar also informed that he will write to Chieh Minister Conrad Sangma as soon as the latter arrives from Garo Hills.
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