Shillong, Apr 27 :With four tribal ngos holding
night blockade of roads in four districts of the Khasi Jaintia
hills in Meghalaya in protest against alleged enrolment of
dubious voters, talks between them and the state government
was inconclusive today.
At the talks, the ngos opposed enrolment drives at
special cells at the offices of deputy commissioners and
subdivisional officers.
"We have asked the government to put on hold the
enrolment drive through special cells at the offices of the
deputy commissioner and the subdivisions," Khasi Students
Union President Daniel Khyriem told reporters after the
meeting.
"Instead enrolment drives should be conducted at the
village level to prevent any dubious voter from getting
themselves enrolled in the state," Acting President of
Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People, Joe Marwein,
said.
The other two NGOs were the Synjuk Seng Samla Shnong
and the Hynniewtrep National Youth Front.
The ngos met Home Minister H D R Lyngdoh, Election
Minister J A Lyngdoh and officials of the election and the
police departments.
Chief Election officer P Naik maintained that there
was no D-voter in the state.
Meghalaya with a population of nearly three million
has completed registering 13.75 lakh voters out of 14.9 lakh
voters.
Naik said the enrolment drive would continue as per
Election Commission directives.
Law and order in the four districts have been affected
by the two day road blockade since yesterday.
Extra para military forces have been deployed around
sensitive installations in the city during the road blockade
hours, East Khasi Hills district deputy Commissioner Sanjay
Goyal told