Opposition on the beaten track

The Budget session of the Meghalaya Assembly has begun and the Opposition comprising the VPP, TMC and Congress have sharpened their knives to put the MDA Government on the defensive. Unfortunately the Opposition uses the same old strategies of raising issues such as the illegal influx, unemployment, revenue leakage et al without having done adequate homework. This will result in a war of words where the ruling party will fight back and explain away all the points raised by their rivals. The problem with the Opposition is that they don’t sit to discuss issues that matter to the people and agree to make common cause because the VPP, TMC, and C…