SHILLONG:
National People’s Party leader and cabinet minister Ampareen Lyngdoh on Wednesday said the fractured mandate of the people in the February elections to the Legislative Assembly was already affecting the political situation in the state.
She was referring to the opposition bench in the Assembly, which is yet to declare a leader of the opposition.
“You have seen now that the opposition has 5 + 5 + 4, and when there is no one common front seam in that opposition, this question will arise,” Lyngdoh said while adding that “This is not an unusual situation. Several states have seen this. Even Parliament has seen this.”
The senior legislator said they will await the order of the Speaker at whose disposal the decision for appointment of Leader of Opposition is vested at.
“We trust that the Speaker in his wisdom will be able to take a call on the matter, but even if the Speaker does take a decision, the fact of the matter remains that it is a fragmented opposition,” she asserted.