Editor,

The recent cabinet reshuffle in Meghalaya has been hailed by the government as a mid-term “reset.” But let us strip away the rhetoric: this reshuffle is not about renewal, it is about regression. It is not about governance, it is about power. It is not a reset, it is a calculated gambit—where democracy bends to dynasty and matriliny is reduced to hollow folklore.

Consider the facts. For the first time in years, Meghalaya now has no women in the cabinet. Not one. In a state that flaunts its matrilineal identity to the world, the exclusion is deafening. Out of 60 MLAs, only three are women—barely 5%, well below the already shameful national average of 9%. By removing Ampareen Lyngdoh, the lone woman minister, the government has silenced women’s voices at the very moment when Meghal

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