Meghalaya polls: NCP looking for allies; says NPP will face anti-incumbency
First Published: 19th December, 2022 18:50 IST
The NCP is now mulling to join hands with other forces and make the impact. The NCP leadership while keeping the cards close to their chest have revealed that the
It’s election time in Meghalaya amid the Christmas joy and festivities. While new equations are cooking up in the political spectrum, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has also upped it’s efforts to devise a strategy and fight the battle.
Speculations are high that if everything falls in place, than a new coalition might emerge in the runup to the elections or thereafter. Such is the possibility since the NCP is now mulling to join hands with other forces and make the impact. The NCP leadership while keeping the cards close to their chest have revealed that the party is looking for a pre-poll alliance, with elections just a few months away.
Meanwhile, the NCP has gone a step ahead with this purpose. The party said, that it is already in talks with the regional forces. To make things more precise NCP national general secretary Narendra B Verma said deliberations have already begun with the People’s Democratic Front (PDF) to discuss the pre-poll alliance issue.
“Yes, initially we are in talks with the PDF who have 4 MLAs from Khasi Hills, our preliminary discussion with the President and the working President have already taken place. I am in Shillong. So tonight or tomorrow morning we are going to have another round of talks with them,” NCP national general secretary Narendra B Verma said.
The NCP leader also feels that in all probability there will be a fractured mandate and believes that there is a lot of anti-incumbency against the ruling MDA dispensation.
Meanwhile, Narendra B Verma alleged that there was resentment among the MLAs in the Conrad Sangma led NPP for which many of the legislators have already defected. “They are going to face the consequences of anti-incumbency,” the NCP leader observed.
Not only this the NCP leaders also feels that there is some kind of unrestness among the MLAs of TMC, whom he referred to as defectors from the Congress under the leadership of former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma. Narendra B Verma said that West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee could not taste success despite making all out efforts to consolidate in Meghalaya as well as other parts of Northeast.
At the end, NCP national general secretary Narendra B Verma also exuded confidence that his party will end up with good results in the election results under the leadership of Meghalaya NCP president Saleng Sangma, but refused to comment on the numbers.
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live Meghalaya Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh Emphasizes Preserving Shillong’s Colonial Heritage
21st December 2024
Live Safeguarding Northeast’s Identity and Culture Top Priority: Home Minister Amit Shah at NEC Plenary
21st December 2024
Live NCW Writes to Manipur Chief Secy and DGP, Seeks Report on Jiribam Incident Within 10 Days
21st December 2024
Live Two Bangladeshi Infiltrators Nabbed By Assam Police, Sent Back Across Border
21st December 2024
WE RECOMMEND
Meghalaya Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh Emphasizes Preserving Shillong’s Colonial Heritage
Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh has underscored the importance of these preservation efforts, particularly the mapping of heritage sites.
21st December 2024Safeguarding Northeast’s Identity and Culture Top Priority: Home Minister Amit Shah at NEC Plenary
Amit Shah further stressed the need for a shift in focus from countering extremism to empowering citizens with constitutional rights.
21st December 2024
Captain Williamson Sangma University to Launch Tribal Studies Department to Protect Meghalaya’s Endangered Languages
To ensure a smooth rollout, the Vice-Chancellor has been directed to prioritise the formation of key departments and academic programs.
21st December 2024
Meghalaya Minister Paul Lyngdoh Concerned Over Lack of Progress in Border Talks with Assam, Says Assam’s Response ‘Not Encouraging’
Earlier, the two governments had signed an agreement to resolve their 50-year-old border disputes in six of the 12 areas.
21st December 2024
Meghalaya Govt Has Made Significant Progress on Relocating Harijan Colony in Shillong: Dy CM Dhar
Dhar stated, "As it is a big issue, we are working on it and we will surely resolve it soon. We are very close to the final call."
20th December 2024