Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party's Neiphiu Rio and National People's Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma will take oath as a Nagaland and Meghalaya Chief Ministers respectively today in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma said that his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma called Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking support to form a government in the state.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday dropped a subtle hint of a possible post-poll alliance, as the latest counting trends pointed to the likelihood of a hung Assembly.
Ahead of the counting of votes for Meghalaya assembly polls, Meghalaya Chief Minister and NPP chief Conrad Sangma met Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Tuesday night.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma cast his vote at Walbakgre -29 polling station in Tura, Garo Hills in the ongoing Assembly polls in the state and exuded confidence in the result being in his favour.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday called upon the people to not "waste" their votes supporting the TMC, claiming that the National People's Party (NPP) will form the government in the upcoming Assembly polls.
Addressing a public meeting in Dalu, Shah said, "Assam availing all facilities of the central government. But these facilities are not only for Assam but for Meghalaya also. The Meghalaya Chief Minister not letting people here avail of the facilities."
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday urged people to reject the 'vendetta politics' of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and their misleading promises in the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly polls.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday asserted that the trust of the people in his government and party "forced" Mukul Sangma and his team to leave Congress and join the TMC, while also stating that Congress is left with no MLAs in the state.
NPP leader and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma appealed to voters in his constituency, Tura, to go along with the prevailing NPP wave and support his candidature for CM because the political situation on the ground was in favour of his party.