Guwahati, June 30 -- Senior BJP leader and Meghalaya Cabinet Minister Sanbor Shullai on Monday sought Governor Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar's intervention against the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Trading by Non-Tribals) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, arguing that the proposed legislation is constitutionally flawed and falls outside the legislative powers of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC).

The Bill proposes to make a service licence mandatory for every non-tribal employee engaged in trade and business establishments.

Shullai submitted a petition to the Governor, requesting that assent to the legislation be withheld after the KHADC recently passed the amendment.

In the petition, he argued that the Council had exceede...