SILCHAR, June 4 : Leading Congress leader in the NC Hills Samarjit Haflongbar might be the next chief executive member of the NC Hills Autonomous Council, a source indicated. When contacted, Haflongbar told The Sentinel that if the Governor calls the Congress to prove its majority in the council, they would be able to do the same. Haflongbar said, at present the Congress had eight executive members among the 30 (including two nominated members) in the council.
But at least 17 EMs from the ASDC and the BJP had expressed willingness to join the Congress. “We have not yet accepted their application, but if the situation demands, we will embrace them in our party and place our demand before the government to allow us to from the council,” Haflongbar elaborated.
Meanwhile, an Executive Member, who had switched over to the Congress from the ASDC, hinted that the arrest of Mohit Hojai had sent a chilling message to the ASDC and a good number of party EM’s wished to join the Congress. Apart from Hojai himself, Prakanta Warsia and Kalinjay Senyung were reportedly against joining the Congress.
Haflongbar, however, reportedly maintained that given the current situation in the NC Hills, the Governor rule should continue for at least two more months. Meanwhile, a source said, the counter-veil official RH Khan, who had also been arrested, was a master in delivering the government fund to the coffers of the militants. Khan had amassed crores of rupees with the power of which he used to influence the influential ministers of the state. Sources further said that Khan had links with all the militant outfits active in the Hills
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