Tura, Oct. 8 -- The Garoland State Movement Committee (GSMC), a prominent socio-political organisation in Meghalaya, has strongly condemned the state government's decision to grant a second six-month extension to the term of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC).
In a statement issued on Thursday, GSMC Co-Chairman Junestremy R Marak termed the second extension of the GHADC's term "unwarranted, unjustified and contrary to the spirit of democratic governance."He said the committee strongly objected to what it described as undue interference by the state government in the electoral process of the GHADC.
"The constitutional status and autonomous character of the GHADC must be respected, and its democratic functioning must not be ...