India, Aug. 23 -- Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Sangma on Friday sharpened his attack on the Meghalaya government over the continuing strike by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) employees to demand payment of pending dues, describing the failure to end the agitation as the "governance failure of the highest order".

Mukul, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, said the state government was deliberately ignoring the plight of GHADC employees and undermining the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. "The Sixth Schedule is the only constitutional safeguard to protect our identity, land, culture, and resources. By ignoring the autonomous district councils, the state is effectively diluting this special provision...