The Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) was a regional

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

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founded in 1977 and primarily focussed on the interests of farmers, especially those growing potatoes in the Khyrim area of the

Khasi Hills The Khasi Hills () are a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in the Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connect with the Purvanchal Range and the larger Patkai Range further east. The ...

. The party was a split from the

All Party Hill Leaders Conference The All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) is a political party of the Indian state of Meghalaya and Assam. The founder president of the party was Mr Williamson A. Sangma. The party had made major gains in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ...

. In 1997 the PDIC joined with the

Hill People's Union The Hill People's Union was a political party in the state of Meghalaya in India. It was founded in 1985. The founders were 11 members from the All Party Hill Leaders Conference and Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) who joined together ...

, the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak) and Meghalaya Progressive Peoples Party to form the United Democratic Party.

Notes

: Different sources present different dates for the foundation year of the PDIC, including 1974, 1976 and 1983. : Different sources present different names for the PDIC, including the People's Demands Implementation Convention and the Public Demands Implementation Committee. The Election Commission of India (ECI) in the official statistical reports for the Legislative Assembly elections records the name as Public Demands Implementation Convention. : In the 1978, two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.

References

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