Mortal remains of Donkupar Roy arrive in Shillong

The mortal remains of Meghalaya Assembly speaker Dr Donkupar Roy arrived in Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya on Monday. Rich tributes were paid to the late leader as his body arrived in the city, 
Leaders of United Democratic Party (UDP) and Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) on Monday vowed to pursue the wish of the late leader Donkupar Roy Dkhar to bring unity among all regional parties in the state.
The UDP and HSPDP came together under the umbrella of Regional Democratic Alliance (RDA) and both are part of the National People’s Party (NPP)-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government.
After the condolence meeting of the two parties at MLA hostel here, HSPDP legislator, Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar, said that the initiative of bringing together other regional parties, taken by both the UDP and HSPDP under Dr Donkupar Roy‘s leadership would continue.
“We have made a beginning under Dr Donkupar as UDP president, where the two parties (UDP and HSPDP) had fought together the 2018 Assembly polls. This effort will continue,” Tongkhar said. A condolence meeting of the MDA government was also held at the state secretariat chaired by chief minister, Conrad K. Sangma.

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