Conrad hails BJP’s decision to support NPP nominees in Meghalaya

Shillong: Meghalaya CM and National People’s Party president Conrad K Sangma on Sunday welcomed BJP’s decision to support NPP candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in the state and claimed that the NDA partners are coming together in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur for the parliamentary polls.
The BJP had two days ago announced that the party will extend support to the NPP candidates in Shillong and Tura Lok Sabha seats.
The NPP president claimed that Ampareen Lyngdoh, the NPP candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha seat, has also got the support of the opposition TMC in Nongthymmai block and also spoke about a few other assembly segments where TMC leaders are supporting the NPP.
“We are thankful to all political parties which are extending their support to us. We are getting support from the BJP now. We got support from TMC in the Nongthymmai (assembly) constituency and maybe, they will support us also outside the Nongthymmai constituency,” he said.
“We are getting support from everybody but there is still a lot of work to be done. We will campaign for our candidates so that work goes on and we hope for the best,” the NPP chief said. According to the NPP leader, BJP’s decision to support the NPP candidate is a “boost” to the party candidate as the BJP has close to a lakh voters. PTI