NPP pulling out of BJP govt in Manipur not to impact Meghalaya: Conrad
National People’s Party (NPP) national president and chief minister of Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that the political situation in Manipur will not have any impact in Meghalaya.
The NPP’s four MLAs, who are all cabinet ministers, withdrew their support to the N Biren Singh-led BJP government in Manipur and have also pledged support to the Congress.
“The situation that is unfolding in Manipur has to do a lot with the leadership, it is more of an individual centric issue and it will not have any impact in the state of Meghalaya,” Sangma told reporters.
The NPP-led MDA government in the state is backed by the BJP.
The NPP president said that he has also discussed and apprised the coalition partners of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) on the situation during a meeting held yesterday. “I have assured everybody that the Manipur situation will not have any impact in Manipur,” he added.
He also assured the situation will also not have any adverse effect on the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat which will be held on Friday.
He said the NPP had withdrawn support to the BJP-led government in Manipur after three BJP MLAs have resigned.
Asked, Sangma said, “The main reason has been some concerns regarding the leadership of the (Manipur) chief minister and there were situation where some of the portfolios were taken away from our ministers…”
The NPP president said he has also brought the matter to the notice of the central leadership of the BJP in New Delhi.
“We are trying to resolve this issue to a large extent and efforts are on but the resignation of the BJP MLAs has finally triggered this entire sequence of events. I am in touch with them (NPP MLAs) and try to see how to resolve this situation,” Sangma said.
He further informed that the two national secretaries of the party have been asked to visit Manipur to meet the MLAs and submit a report to him.
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