BJP asks NPP MLA to apologize over derogatory statement

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaApril 3, 2024

BJP state vice president and Tura MDC Bernard N Marak on Wednesday demanded NPP legislator from Mahendraganj Sanjay A Sangma to apologize for allegedly hurting the sentiments of BJP supporters in Garo Hills.

In a letter to the NPP national president and chief minister Conrad K Sangma, Marak said, “Therefore, on the request of the BJP supporters and the hindu communities as a whole, I am requesting that Sanjay A Sangma should apologise. His apology is a must so that those whose sentiments are hurt could be convinced to support the NPP.”

“He (MLA) should also refrain from delivering discriminating speeches such as this against the BJP supporters and those belonging to the Hindu community in particular,” he said.

He said that BJP has considered NPP as a coalition partner and have always supported NPP in the past many years during the Lok Sabha elections.

Marak also said that BJP also honoured the direction of the Centre leaders to extend support in the Lok Sabha election by not fielding a candidate but a discrimination towards the BJP supporters through a speech delivered by Sanjay A Sangma, MLA of Mahendraganj in a meeting where you were also present gravely hurt the sentiments of the BJP supporters especially those belonging to the Hindu community of Garo Hills.

“BJP karyakartas obeyed the direction of the High Command but the reason why the BJP candidate was not fielded came to fore only when Sanjay Sangma publicly claimed that they (NPP) switched off the BJP candidate.

This was revealed in one of the meetings that the fielding of the BJP candidate was “Switched off” by NPP which was discriminatory and humiliating against the BJP supporters,” he said.

Marak said that the Mahendraganj MLA Sanjay A Sangma defamed the Koch, Hajong and other non-tribals belonging to a Hindu community claiming that they have nowhere to vote because the NPP has switched off the BJP candidate.

“He tried to impress the crowd that the BJP is controlled by the NPP in Garo Hills. This speech by Mahendraganj MLA Sanjay A Sangma at Nandichar where you were also present in the last week of March has gravely hurt the sentiments of the Hindu Communities in particular and the BJP supporters in general,” he added.