INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
GUWAHATI: Conrad Sangma will take the oath of workplace on March 7 as Meghalaya CM for a 2nd successive term, with governor Phagu Chauhan
inviting him Saturday to form the next federal government that will be a 32-legislator coalition of three parties-- NPP, BJP, and HSPDP--
and independents in the 60-member assembly
The swearing-in will happen at the Raj Bhavan at 11am on the 7th and we are anticipating the PM Modi, home minister (Amit Shah) and other
The entire cabinet will be sworn in, Sangma said.The governor administered the oath to NPP lawmaker Timothy D Shira as protem speaker on
whose watch the freshly chosen legislators will be sworn in Monday
Elections were hung on February 27 and results stated on March 2 saw Sangmas National Peoples Party (NPP) winning 26 seats
2 MLAs each of BJP and Hill State Peoples Democratic Party (HSPDP), and as many independents, are supporting the coalition.Sangma is
confident that he will complete the brand-new term as smoothly as the previous one
We dealt with a number of obstacles
But by guaranteeing excellent group work, giving area, motivation and a lot of tension on advancement helped us to endure and run the
federal government for five years in spite of having a great deal of political celebrations (it was a five-partyalliance federal
He underscored the challenges of running a union government, which he stated can be mitigated by providing space to all our partners and
through dialogue.But Sangma faced an instant challenge Saturday as pressure groups met in Shillong and asked the two HSPDP lawmakers to
withdraw assistance by Monday
HSPDP president had Friday withdrawn assistance, saying the celebration has actually not authorised its two MLAs-- Methodius Dkhar and
Shakliar Warjri-- to back the NPP-led coalition.Miscreants torched Dkhars office in Shillong Friday
Sangma explained the violence as regrettable, saying hes saddened to see this is kind behaviour which Meghlaya has never ever seen before
On the two HSPDP legislators supporting him, he said, The MLAs have actually been elected by the people of the constituencies and hence it
is the required of the people
The MLAs will decide who they want to support
That is the political party which sent a letter, however it is the legislature party which is the primary signatory and both MLAs have
submitted their letter of support to us
The opposition has actually required a Khasi CM in location of Sangma
Sangma said people offer the mandate in a democracy and there is a procedural system by which a federal government is formed and the CM is
