SHILLONG, March 14: The Chief Executive Member of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council, Titostarwell Chyne said that to blame him,the CEM and Jambor War,EM incharge of Elaka of having auctioned Nongwah Mawtamur to Jirang is wrong and misleading for the public as the KHADC does not own any land but it is the Hima that gives the land.
The CEM filled with anger said that if the JAC does undertake any task it should do so while staying away from any form of violence and not by acting like barbarians and using brute force on the gate or by destroying the property of the office as this is completely unacceptable, while adding that the KHADC is an office that works for the community and it is not a place where other communities reside. He said that it is an office where people of the Khasi community sit to work for the matters relating to the community, and they do not sit in the office to pass the time, and also further stated that the office should not be rampaged as there are many other means to express protest in a peaceful manner and not by violence.
It may be reminded that on the Friday of last week, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Ki Khun Ki Hajar ka Hima Sohïong marched to the office of the KHADC to demand for the removal of Bashemphang Thabah as Lyngdoh of the Hima, and on this day,the highly emotional public after being stopped from meeting with the CEM of the KHADC and the EM incharge of Elaka acted out and in a fit of rage the leaders of the JAC forcefully pulled down the iron gate of the office till it came apart.
