Shillong, November 13: Voice of the People’s Party (VPP) president Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit has said that the party will not hesitate to take to the streets if the state government continues to intimidate women protesting against the Shillong Ropeway Project.
Basaiawmoit made the statement a day after women under the banner of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) Against the Shillong Ropeway Project marched to the Secretariat, demanding that the government withdraw or relocate the project from Lum Shyllong.
He said the party could not remain a silent spectator to the government’s actions or leave the entire responsibility of the movement to the women protesters.
“Therefore, if the VPP has to take to the streets, it will do so, as the government has been intimidating and suppressing the women who are protesting,” Basaiawmoit said.
He further stated that the women had opposed the Ropeway Project on the grounds that it would affect the main source of drinking water for the entire city of Shillong. He added that the VPP could not remain silent over the government’s alleged negligence and intimidation of the public, and that the party had a responsibility to come forward in support of the women fighting to stop the project.
