Even though, the target of the meeting is to imbibe the state ministers and policy makers with the basics of e-governance, yet the so-called computer and techno-savvy ministers and legislators were not at the meeting which was held at the Yojna Bhavan hall located in the Meghalaya secretariat premises.
Interestingly, two MLAs above the age of 80, H.S Lyngdoh and F.Lyngdoh and two other first time legislators were the only ones seen during the fist session of the meet.
The leadership meet organised by the National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG) and the department of Information Technology (IT) is part o the government of India's endeavour to ensure that the remotest of village felt the pulse of the government.
Various governments from the past and the present in the state have strongly advocated to this idea only to lose out when the most important capacity building witnessed barely six legislators attending the meet. The meet that was inaugurated by the Meghalaya Minister of IT, A.T Mondal witnessed experts from NISG, IIMs giving the lectures at the meet represented by bureaucrats only.