(BM Lanong)
Ki jingeh ki la nang mih na ka por sha ka por. Mynta pat u Lat thymmai ka jylla, u Ganga Prasad, u khlem ai jingmynjur ia ka ain pyniaid shnong Village Administration Bill (VAB) jong ka KHADC, lyngba ka jubab jong u dang shen, kaba khlem tarik, kaba ula pynphai ia ka ain rew (Bill) ba la phah sha u, da kaba ieng pynksan halor ka shithi u Ajay Kanoujia, Director NE-II, Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi, kaba dap da ki jingbakla suda.
Kino-kino ki nongthaw ain barabor ki dei ban long ki briew kiba da tip tyllong ia ki bynta jong ka ain, kaba ki thaw bad bunsien ia ki ain kiba iadei lei bad ki riti ki dustur khamtam, donkam ban da pan jingmut na ki riew shemphang ba kham sngewthuh ia kita ki bynta.
Ka VAB Bill 2014 jong ka KHADC niuma, ka don katto katne ki jingduna, ia kaba ngi la leit iakynduh bad ai jingmut kumno ban pynbeit ia kita. Hynrei u Lat uba dei peit ia ka bynta ban ai jingmynjur lane kyntait, um shym kdew ia kita, hynrei kyllum u kdew pynban ia ka shithi jong utei u Ajay Kanoujia, jong u bnai-January 2016, (ka bym don tarik hi), hana ba kita ki ‘Pitch and Substance’ ki long pyrshah ia katei ka Bill, kumba la paw ruh ha katei ka shithi u Ajay.
Ia kine ki kyntien ain, dei tang ki stad Constitution bad jong ki kam Ain (Constitution and legal experts) kiba lah ban pynshai ia kitei ki bynta (legal terms), namar ki don ka jingmut bakyrpang bha, bym lah ban pyndonkam thurmur ha kut ki kam.
Ha ka jingshisha katei ka phrase ‘Pitch and Substance’ kam don bynta ei-ei bad katei ka shithi u Ajay. U Lat ula shah ialam bakla halor kane ka bynta.
Khyndiat Halor Ka Shithi U Ajay
Ka shithi u Ajay kaba u thoh sha u Principal Secretary M.S.Rao jong u Lat jong ngi, ka kylli pynban balei bym pynrung ia ki dorbar Village Council ha ri Khasi bad Jaintia Hills, namar ba la iateh kumta hapdeng ki Sorkar India-Meghalaya bad ka ANVC, ha ka jingiateh MOU bad katei ka kynhun lehnoh na Garo Hills?
U Ajay um bna ba katei ka MOU ka teh tang na ka bynta ka Garo Hills. Ha ri Khasi-Jaintia ym ju don Village Council bad ym donkam hi ruh, namar ki la don ki Dorbar Dong, Dorbar Shnong, Dorbar Raid bad ki Hima, ym kumba long sha Garo Hills, Mizoram, Nagaland bad shawei, kibym don ki riti dorbar, kum ki jong ngi.
U Ajay u kylli ruh balei kiwei ki jaitbynriew kim don bynta ha ki Dorbar shnong, kaba pynpaw ba kim dei ki Dorbar ba iadon bynta lang da ki paidbah (undemocratic).
Ka jingshisha ka long, ba kine ki dei ki kam riti-dustur ka jaitbynriew, ia kaba kiwei kim tip ei-ei. Wat ki MP, MLA ne MDC, lymda ki dei kiba shong hapoh ka Dong ne Shnong lajong, kim lah ban long ki dkhot Dorbar. Kiwei ki jait bynriew kim ju khnium ia kine ki kam riti-dustur jong kiwei, hynrei ki pdiang bad ki burom kumjuh.
Nangta u Ajay u kylli ia kata ka Rule 128 jong ka Assam-Meghalaya Autonomous District Council (AMADC) Rule 1951, la ia katei ka kyndon la pynbeit ne em hapoh kane ka ain lor VAB.
Hangne ruh utei u bhai um tip, ba katei ka kyndon ka iadei bad ki election MDC, ym bad ki Dorbar Shnong Dorbar thaw, ban jied Rangbah Shnong.
Nangta u kdew sa ia ka bynta ba ki nongmihkhmat MDC kim lah ban pyniaid ia ki kam ka Executive Committee District Council, namar ka dei ban da don ka jingiabhah kam kaba shai hapdeng ka Executive bad Legislative.
Kane ka bynta ruh ka don hapoh ka AMADC Rule 1951, ba ki MDC ki lah ban pyniaid kam, kumba long ki MP ha Delhi bad ki MLA ha ki jylla.
Halor ka PIL 2015 bad Jingtohkit
Ym lah peiphang ruh balei u Ajay u kylli ia kine ar ki jingkylli bym don bynta ei-ei bad ka ain rew VAB, kawei ia ka PIL 2015 kaba pyrshah District Council bad kawei pat ia ka Para 14 jong ka Bynrap-6 (6th Schedule) kaba buh jingmang ban tohkit ia ki kam ki District Council, lada idonkam ban leh kumta.
Ia katei ka PIL 2015 jong ki nongpyrshah District Council kaba sahkut sah ha High Court, ka case ka la iap-ieng hi (natural death) namar ki mamla kim iakit khia.
Ha kane ka bynta, ka la paw pen-ryngkew ka jingthmu ba shalyndet jong u Ajay, haba ula kynthoh, ba haba la ioh ia ka jylla Meghalaya, balei dang donkam District Council?
Ka jubab ia kane ka long, ha baroh ki jylla ka ri India kibym don District Council, don da ki Rympei Saindur-Panchayati Institutions. Lada dei ban pynduh noh ia ki ADC ha Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram bad shawei, dei ruh ban pynduh noh ia kitei ki Panchayat.
Halor katei ka jingkylli ba-ar jong u pat, u Ajay u dei ban tip ba ha u snem 1984, u Retd. Chief Justice ka Assam High Court, u Justice S.K.Dutta, ula pynlong ia ka jingtohkit ia ki kam ka KHADC bad u sngew ba ki District Council ki donkam ban don, halor ka nongrim jong ka jingiasam kam lang hapdeng ki bor sorkar bad kiwei pat kiba hapoh kum ki nongiarap (devolution of power between government and other subordinate bodies).
Kum ha kitei ki mat ba kdew haneng, u Lat jong ngi u pynshnong nongrim pynban ia ka ain-rew (Bill) VAB, katba u Lat barim pat, ula ai jingpynskhem ia kajuh ka ain jong ka JHADC ha u bnai December 2015.