Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday rejected Congress president Vincent H Pala’s charge that the National People’s Party (NPP) would face infighting over the Rajya Sabha election, asserting that his party takes decisions democratically and asking Pala to “see the cracks in the Congress” instead.
NPP candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha byelection, Dr DRL Nonglait has said his decision to contest on the party’s ticket was rooted in the need to work with an “effective government” and to advance education, youth employment, and constitutional recognition of the Khasi language.
The ruling National People’s Party candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha byelection, Dr DRL Nonglait, on Wednesday pledged to take the demand for inclusion of Khasi in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution to Parliament, saying coordination between the State Government and the MP was key to achieving recognition from Delhi.
Pitching for a “government MP” in Delhi, NPP national vice president and Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar on Wednesday said Dr DRL Nonglait would be the “voice of the people of our Khasi-Jaintia land” if elected in the upcoming Shillong Lok Sabha byelection.
Deputy Chief Minister and NPP national vice president Sniawbhalang Dhar has said party feedback shows KAS president Dr DRL Nonglait, the NPP’s choice for the upcoming Lok Sabha byelection, has been “accepted by all”.
NPP national vice president and Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar has said there has been “no communication” or “signal” regarding TMC leader and Opposition leader Mukul Sangma joining the NPP, while adding that the party remains “very flexible” to new entrants.
The National People’s Party on Thursday formally declared Khasi Authors’ Society president Dr DRL Nonglait as its official candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election, with party national chief and Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma asserting that the party would “win this by-election.”
Deputy Chief Minister and NPP state president Prestone Tynsong on Thursday said he had no information on speculation that former chief minister and TMC leader Mukul Sangma was planning to join the NPP.
Khasi Authors’ Society president Dr DRL Nonglait on Thursday pledged to work for “the welfare of the people and the state” after the National People’s Party formally declared him as its candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election.
