GUWAHATI: National People’s Party president and Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said he had no role in denial of permission to BJP to hold Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally at the PA Sangma Sports Complex in Tura by the West Garo Hills district administration.
“All permissions come from the Election Commission of India and based on its direction, the district administration takes action. So, there was no say from NPP or my side. Dragging our (NPP and my) name into it is completely wrong. Even I haven’t got permission for many of my rallies,” he said.
“We have already said in the beginning that the stadium has two parts. The first part consists of the football stadium, which is ready, and was inaugurated. The other part, which has an indoor stadium and swimming pool, is not ready. Only one half is ready and the other part will be ready by December,” he said.
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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