Meghalaya's veteran political leader Hispreaching Son Shylla no more

SHILLONG: Meghalaya's veteran political leader Hispreaching Son Shylla passed away at around 10 am on Friday.

Shylla was a former minister of the State and former Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Khasi HillsAutonomous District Council (KHADC).

It may be mentioned that Shylla had won the Assembly election in 1988-1993 and 1993-1998 from the Nongkrem Assembly Constituency. He also won three times the MDC elections from the same constituency (1984-1989; 2004-2009; 2016-2019).

Before entering politics he had served in four offices of the State Government and of the Central Government.

Shylla was also a former Deputy Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, a Cabinet Minister, the Chairman of the Meghalaya State Law Commission, the Co-chairman of the Meghalaya State Planning Board, the Chief Executive Member of the KHADC, besides other positions and appointments.

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