2018 Meghalaya Assembly Elections Feb 27,2018 - Conrad Sangma Leads MLAs to Governor’s House, Stakes Claim for Non-Congress Govt in Meghalaya Sunday March 04,2018

 

A five-party alliance cobbled together by the BJP and led by the NPP is set to come to power in Meghalaya, edging out the Congress which had emerged as the single-largest party in the Saturday March 03,2018 results declared

 

MLAs from NPP lead by Conrad Sangma and MLAs from UDP, BJP and NHPDP begin to arrive at the Governor House in Shilliong, Meghalaya.

NPP leader Conrad Sangma may be the next chief minister, but his sister Agatha Sangma has also emerged as the dark horse.

 The Congress Party, however, is in no mood to suffer the ‘Goa fate’ again, with outgoing CM Mukul Sangma saying the Congress is in talks with “like-minded parties”

The Congress had met the Governor last night and staked claimed to form the government, but is short of majority with no local parties yet offering support