Ampareen ready to create ruckus to ensure Centre take decision on ILP 

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 30, 2023

Ruling NPP candidate for Shillong parliamentary seat and cabinet minister Ampareen Lyngdoh on Thursday threatened to make a “ruckus” to force the Centre to take a decision on the demand for implementation of Inner Line Permit (ILP), if elected in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Lyngdoh told reporters that people must not dislocate the one fact where 60 MLAs putting their party flags aside jointly signed a memorandum to the Government of India for implementation of the ILP.

She however said unfortunately, it was always the State government, who was rallying along with the MP of Tura Agatha K Sangma.

“Now, I will join hands with the government, with Tura MP and myself and believe me, we will make a ruckus. They (Centre) have to take a decision (on the resolution passed by the State Assembly in 2019),” Lyngdoh said while adding “I can tell you one thing we will speak not just in the House in parliament, we will create and generate a focus on this agenda.”

“We have sat across the table. I have read all of the follow up dialogues and discussions that the NPP-led MDA-I had had with the stakeholders. I had read the report thoroughly. I know what was being said then. We will follow through on the ILP agenda with the same spirit. We cannot move away from what was discussed with all stakeholders,” she said.

The five-time legislator of East Shillong further stated that the NPP-led MDA-I government had already announced the implementation of the Meghalaya Residents, Safety and Security Act (MRSSA) in its new version for checking unabated influx and illegal immigration into the state.

“There were things that were talked about MRSSA in the previous regimes but the MDA-I had gone ahead to look at the implementation of the MRSSA in a new approach,” she said while assuring “I will stick with what the government says. I will not deviate from what the government had said and committed alongside the NGOs. We will work together on this.”

Reiterating that her party will ensure the ILP and amendment Bill of the MRSSA see the light of day, Lyngdoh said, “There was a problem with the assent of this Bill, that also has been sorted. It looks like we are well ahead of the implementation of the ILP. The ILP in my understanding has many formulas for implementation and even in the state of Meghalaya, the MRSSA is an acceptable idea. We go ahead, we get the necessary nods as per directions of the state government with the central government and make sure it sees the light of day.”