Shillong, Feb 11: BJP National Vice President and Meghalaya in-charge Dr Ao Chuba Ao has claimed that since the Congress MLAs are willing to work with the BJP after knowing fully well that BJP is part of the MDA government, it means the former has accepted BJP’s ideology!

“Knowingly they (Congress MLAs) came to support the government, they understood that they can work with us (BJP). It is not that we are inviting them or we are calling them… They may be elected from the Congress but they have accepted our common minimum program that is why they have come. They have accepted our (BJP) ideology. If they have not accepted they would not have come,” he said.

“The NPP, BJP, HSPDP, PDF, UDP have set up an understanding that we will run a particular way of government so any political party like I don’t know tomorrow TMC may also support if they accept our ideology,” Dr Ao added.

Stating that BJP’s agenda is Congress-mukt, he said there is no harm in them joining the MDA government as the Congress-mukt Meghalaya is already in the process. He added that the Congress has been reduced to zero in Meghalaya with the joining of the five legislators.

“Their organization structure has totally collapsed. (Their MLAs) have to either go to BJP or NPP,” he said, adding that the five legislators have decided to support the MDA government because they understand that they cannot survive with the Congress.

With the Congress likely to take action against the five legislators, the BJP leader however said that the MLAs have done lots of exercise before taking the decision to support the MDA government without the consent of their party leadership.