Shillong, March 10: National People’s Party (NPP) leader and spokesperson of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance – 2.0 government Marcuise N Marak on Friday categorically denied that his party and its allies were engaging in “horse trading”.
“There is no horse trading at all,” Marak told reporters when responding to a query on the allegation made by the former chief minister Mukul Sangma that the alternative government could not be formed by regional parties, AITC and Congress, due to the horse trading.
“If some of the newly elected MLAs wanted to join the NPP-led government then our duty is to welcome them. So, therefore, where is horse trading? There is no horse trading at all,” he firmly stated.
On his first day in office, Marak, who is also a cabinet minister in-charge of public health engineering (PHE), expressed confidence that the MDA-II government will perform well.
He said that he found that the portfolios given to all ministers were quite fairly distributed.
“Most of the ministers are very experienced – Paul, Ampareen and Mondal are very senior. These are ministers who have already proven their efficiency. Therefore, I hope this cabinet will perform well and I will also try my level best to perform well,” Marak said.
