‘Meghalaya government denied permission for PM Modi’s rally in Tura’

 SHILLONG: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Rituraj Sinha on Sunday questioned the National People’s Party (NPP) government in poll-bound Meghalaya for denying permission for holding a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tura. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Meghalaya on February 24 ahead of the assembly elections to be held later this month. The BJP had planned a massive rally in Tura for PM Modi on February 24.The BJP, however, said that permission to hold the rally at Tura’s PA Sangma Stadium was denied by the state government, citing that the stadium was still under construction. Rituraj Sinha said, “We requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a roadshow in Shillong and a public rally in Tura, Garo Hills. We sought permission for PA Sangma Stadium to organize a PM rally, but we were surprised to learn that the stadium is under construction and not ready. So they sent a letter saying that the PM’s rally could not be held there. The entire country and the people of Meghalaya know that PA Sangma Stadium was inaugurated by CM Conrad Sangma on December 16 itself in a grand manner.”

The BJP leader said NPP and other parties sensed a “Modi wave in Meghalaya” and therefore stopping PM Modi’s rally in the state is a deliberated attempt. “The stadium, which was ready on December 16, how come it is under construction again at the end of February? Why is it not available for the PM’s rally? The reason is political. It seems that opposition parties like the NPP, TMC, and Congress are scared of the Modi wave here. The people of Meghalaya want a BJP government like other northeastern states,” he added. Notably, Tura, part of Garo Hills, is considered the bastion of Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, and a majority of his legislators were elected from this region. (ANI)

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