Conrad Sangma

2023 - 3 - 5

Conrad Sangma to Sworn-in as Meghalaya CM on Tuesday (PGurus)

As the National People's Party (NPP) has claimed to have a majority to form the government in Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma will be sworn-in as Chief Minister on ...

The HSPDP party president K P Pangniang in an exclusive interview with IANS on Saturday said, “Our MLAs are with us. Khan added, “Conard Sangma will be sworn-in on Tuesday as the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya. [PGurus App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bilwg.pgurus&hl=en_IN&gl=US). NPP spokesperson Saidul Khan on Sunday said, “Hill State Peoples Democratic Party (HSPDP) has two MLAs, and they have lent their support to our party. Our party chief has already submitted their letter of support to the Governor. I cannot comment on anything now.”

Meghalaya: In a new twist, Conrad Sangma gets support of UDP ... (News Room Odisha)

Shillong: In a big jolt to the Trinamool Congress and the Congress, which were looking for avenues for an alternate formation to keep Conrad Sangma's ...

Metbah Lyndoh, the president of UDP that bagged 11 seats to finish second behind the NPP (26), in a letter to Conrad Sangma mentioned: “Congratulations on your party’s performance, resulting in the resounding victory. In light of the people’s mandate, I on behalf of the parliamentary party of the United Democratic Party, do hereby extend support for government formation.” Shillong: In a big jolt to the Trinamool Congress and the Congress, which were looking for avenues for an alternate formation to keep Conrad Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) out of power in Meghalaya, the United Democratic Party (UDP) — that emerged the second-largest, on Sunday extended its support to the NPP for the next government formation in the northeastern state.

Meghalaya govt formation: UDP makes a U-turn, backs Conrad ... (The Indian Express)

Till Saturday, the UDP, the second-largest party with 11 seats, was trying to stitch up an alternative coalition government with regional outfits and Mukul ...

Even as Sangma on Saturday confirmed that he had received a letter from the Meghalaya Governor inviting him and his party to form the government, the alternative political formation led by the UDP continued to claim it had the numbers. This coincided with hectic politicking by the UDP — a constituent of the NPP-led government from 2018 to 2023 — and other parties to stitch up a “non-NPP, non-BJP” coalition. [BJP](https://indianexpress.com/about/bjp/), with two MLAs, extended support to the NPP, which had emerged as the single-largest party with 26 seats.

Meghalaya: Two more parties back Conrad Sangma, MLA count 45 (Times of India)

Conrad K Sangma being presented with the 'letter of of support' by the UDP president Metbah Lyngdoh for the formation of Government. (ANI). GUWAHATI: Meghalaya's regional parties UDP and PDF came out in support of Conrad Sangma's NPP-led coalition.

UDP, PDF extend support to Conrad Sangma's NPP in Meghalaya (Economic Times)

UDP and PDF were partner of six party government which ruled Meghalaya since 2018. In this election UDP has won 11 seats. Both the parties have given letter ...

There is a process through which the chief minister is elected and the same can come from any community.” President of the HSPDP KP Pangniang had issued a letter stating that two MLAs seem to be missing. Sangma told media persons on Saturday, “Governor Phagu Chauhan has invited me to form the government. They have set a March 7 deadline for them to withdraw support from the NPP led formation. On Monday MLAs will take oath in the assembly. Two HSPDP MLAs did not attend the opposition meeting.

2 regional parties extend support to Conrad Sangma's government ... (India Today)

NPP chief Conrad Sangma submitted a letter of 32 MLAs with their signature to Governor Phagu Chauhan.

Now, Conrad Sangma’s government has the support of 45 MLAs, including legislators of the NPP and BJP. Votes were counted on March 2. [By Suryagni Roy](/author/suryagni-roy): The United Democratic Party and the People's Democratic Front have given their formal support to the National Peoples’ Party-BJP alliance in Meghalaya.

In Meghalaya, Khasi groups threaten violence if Conrad Sangma ... (Scroll.in)

Sangma belongs to the Garo community. The ethnic divide often rears its head during elections.

This has led to intermittent tensions with a section of Khasi-Jaintia nationalists demanding more rights for the “Jaitbynriew” – the indigenous Khasi-Jaintia people – and the Garos demanding a separate state for the community. “People with the correct numbers, the support inside the legislative assembly, will decide who will be part of the government,” she said. All of them won their seats in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills area. “Our priority now is to have a Khasi CM leading a regional front government,” its general secretary Roy Kupar Synrem told reporters in Shillong. An act of arson in the dead of the night on Friday evening was followed by a public meeting the next afternoon where Khasi nativist groups burnt effigies and threatened more violence. On March 2, Thursday, the Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party had emerged as the single largest party with 26 legislators in the 60-seater Assembly.