How would you like Adolf Hitler to represent you in the State Legislature? Or maybe Frankenstein, if Adolf isn't demonic enough? Or would you play it safe and have Newton as your MLA?No, these aren't names from a "Fantasy Election League", but real people vying for seats in the just concluded polls in Meghalaya! This state has a predominantly Christian tribal population with a penchant for naming their children after the famous (or infamous), or simply choosing expressive words such as Gregarious or Hilarious. "People here have a fascination for exotic names and hence give their children strange names" , R Lyngdoh, a history teacher, was quoted as saying. Apparently, people give little thought to the connotations behind a name. Cool, huh?
Adolf Hitler, by the way, is a Garo tribal leader and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate contesting from the Rangsakona constituency. Frankenstein Momin, represents the Congress.
Some of the other candidates contesting the polls are - Romeo Rani, Darling Lamare, Moonlight Pariat, Boldness Nongum, Comingone Ymbon, Clever Marak , Oral Syngkli , Advisor Pariong, Founder Strong, Gregarious, Hilarious and Budshell Marbaniang.
One of the many things that makes our democracy so colorful, I suppose!
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