Shillong, Oct 24: NPP’s Shillong Lok Sabha bypoll candidate Dr D R L Nonglait has promised to push for three pending resolutions of Meghalaya Assembly in Delhi if elected.
Campaigning at Mihmyntdu on Thursday night, Nonglait said his priorities will be inclusion of Khasi language in the Eighth Schedule, implementation of ILP and protection against uranium mining.
“When Khasi becomes an official language and gets into Eighth Schedule, even our small dialects in Pnar, Ri-Bhoi, Lyngam and War will get funding for research from different institutions. They will grow and make Hynniewtrep Hynniewskum a community rich in languages,” Nonglait said.
He informed that the Ministry of Information and Technology is already working on a translation project.
“The ministry has formed a committee. The project will allow Khasi to be translated through modern technology into all Eighth Schedule languages. It is being done with Government of India and state government collaboration,” he said.
“Once this is done and Khasi is in Eighth Schedule, if you elect me, I will go to Delhi and speak in Khasi in Parliament. The voice of Hynniewtrep will echo in Parliament, because languages in the Eighth Schedule are allowed to speak in their own language,” he said.
Nonglait said Khasi has already become equal to English and Garo in the state after NPP made it a full official language in 2026.
“We have laid the foundation stone in history. Under MDA led by Conrad Sangma, Prestone Tynsong and Sniawbhalang Dhar, we brought the official language law. Now notifications, letters can be written in Khasi. But the remaining work is in Delhi,” he said.
On ILP and uranium, he said, “All parties in state have agreed with NPP to urge Centre to implement ILP in Meghalaya. We need to monitor the entry of outsiders so they do not dominate or destroy our environment. Similarly, the Assembly opposed uranium mining at Domiasiat in West Khasi Hills. Uranium is tempting but dangerous for a small state like ours. These three are people’s resolutions and need no debate.”
Tracing his bond with Mihmyntdu since 2015 when he spoke on ‘Akor’ at a Presbyterian Synod seminar, Nonglait said the village is special as the origin of Myntdu river.
“Myntdu is not just a river, it serves Jowai with drinking water, surrounds the town, flows to Ialong, Tuber, Leshka where it creates the Leshka Power Project. It can power many districts and surplus can be sold. Its service is immeasurable. It inspired my spirit to serve,” he said.
Explaining his slogan, he said, “I am from a rural area, started small, struggled to come to Shillong for studies, worked, taught in school, college, university. After long thought and advice from elders including Prof Lamin here, I accepted NPP’s offer. This is not my opportunity but people’s opportunity to serve.”
“My vision is three words – to improve, to enlighten and to build – to serve people, protect people and bring development,” Nonglait said, adding that Shillong also has many poor families and youth without jobs who need attention.
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