SHILLONG: While the supporters of the National People’s Party were celebrating the party securing the highest number of seats in the Meghalaya state assembly, counting for which had taken place on Thursday, the leader of Trinamool Congress in the state has announced that he will form the government in the state with the support all the elected members except those from the National People’s Party and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mukul Sangma, the former chief minister of Meghalaya was a member of the Indian National Congress Party, who recently changed his affiliations to the Trinamool Congress before the state elections. The All India Trinamool Congress managed to grab five seats in the recently concluded elections.
Mukul Sangma had said, “we are in talks with every political party except the NPP and BJP. All have expressed their desire to come along for the better interest of the state.” The leader has already started talks with all regional parties in the state that include the United Democratic Party and the Hill State People’s Democratic party among others
“Right now, we are only concerned about the interests of the state. Meghalaya has witnessed large-scale corruption during the tenure of the previous government, and people do not want to see a repetition of the same in the coming years. So, Chief Minister, and the rest of the things can be decided later” the Trinamool Congress leader added.
National People’s Party has 26 seats to its name while the Bharatiya Janata Party has 2, meaning that both of them cannot form the government by themselves, or prevent any other party from forming a government if all the other elected members decide to stand against them.
This announcement comes to light after Ernest Mawrie, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state sent a letter of support to Conrad Sangma, which he later shared on social media.
“The mandate was not decisive. It was a fractured one. Therefore, we are holding discussions,” said Mukul Sangma about the elections that were conducted on February 27 and counting that were carried out on March 2.
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