Election campaigning has taken a musical upswing in Meghalaya with political parties trying their best to connect with the voters by hitting the right notes.
Every evening, for the past one month, Wahiajer and its neighbouring village, Ummulong, in Nartiang assembly constituency, has been witnessing a live soiree with people dancing and singing to some of the liveliest campaign songs of candidates contesting this February 27 elections.
“One will find here young and old, men, women and children participating in the once-in-a-five-year festival of democracy with fervour every evening,” a retired government employee and a resident of Wahiajer village, W Shylla, said. The rallies of candidates and political parties are never complete without good music, she said.
The political battle here in Nartiang is getting intense by the day with sitting MlA and NPP contender Sniawbhalang Dhar trying his best to outsmart his rivals — Jopthiaw lyngdoh of the Congress and Draison Kharshiing of the BJP.