With the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) elections scheduled for next year, the alliance partner in the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA 2) government, the United Democratic Party (UDP), is expected to contest a limited number of seats in the region. The party is reportedly relying on local leadership in Garo Hills to chart its electoral strategy, highlighting a cautious approach that seeks to combine grassroots insights with party oversight.
Party President Metbah Lyngdoh said, “As far as GHADC is concerned, we have formed a group of party leaders in the Garo Hills area because they will be aware more than us, what exactly and how to move forward as far as the GHADC elections is concerned. So there we have to give us a final thing. But that choose, perhaps, maybe if you seats we will make an attempt to put up our candidates. Unless if the anything from their end when comes to the candidates, maybe a few weeks’ time, we will be able to decide.”
