NPP to go solo in Meghalaya polls: CM Conrad Sangma

India

oi-Prakash KL

New
Delhi,
Aug
27:
Meghalaya
Chief
Minister
Conrad
Sangma
on
Saturday
announced
the
decision
of
going
solo
in
the
next
assembly
elections.
It
will
not
have
an
alliance
with
any
party
including
the
BJP,
while
being
part
of
the
NDA
alliance
at
the
Centre,
he
said.

“We
are
not
going
to
contest
next
assembly
elections
in
alliance
with
anyone,
including
the
BJP,”
PTI
quoted
Sangma,
who
is
the
president
of
the
NPP,
as
saying.
He
added
that
the
two
parties
are
ideologically
not
on
the
same
page
on
various
issues.

Elections
in
Meghalaya
are
likely
to
be
held
early
next
year.

Sangma
said
the
NPP
has
never
had
any
pre-poll
alliance
with
any
party
in
any
state,
and
underlined
that
the
party
would
also
contest
the
upcoming
assembly
polls
in
Odisha
and
Chhattisgarh
on
its
own.

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