Metbah Lyngdoh MDA consensus candidate for Speaker's post

United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and state minister Metbah Lyngdoh was on Wednesday nominated as the consensus candidate of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) for the post of Speaker of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the chief minister Conrad K Sangma and attended by all members of the coalition alliance here on Wednesday evening, UDP leaders said.

Metbah is presently the minister in-charge of Tourism and Water Resources.

The decision was also in line with the stand of the UDP that the Speakers post should remain with the party
Congratulating the UDP leader, the chief minister said, "It is only after extensive consultations (with all partners) did we arrived at a consensus. I must congratulate all members of the core committee for working very hard to come to this point."
He said political parties have expressed their desire to put up candidate and the everybodys voice was heard adding "We allowed a healthy discussion to take place but the beauty of the whole thing is that at the end we decided unanimously and everybody appreciated and accepted it and that is the strength of the MDA."