Tag: Meghalaya Elections

  • BJP broke alliance in Meghalaya to contest all seats, turn out to be stronger social gathering: Shah

    Addressing an election rally within the North Tura constituency, he appealed to the folks to vote for the BJP, promising to finish corruption within the state.

  • Meghalaya elections: Ex-CM Mukul Sangma says will probably be TMC vs all events in state

    Express News Service

    TURA: Former Meghalaya Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) stalwart Dr Mukul Sangma mentioned the February 27 elections within the state can be a contest between the TMC and all different events collectively.

    Stating that the TMC can be a “factor” for different events, he claimed that the folks’s want for a change was “palpable” and “visible” on the bottom.

    “As we go to elections, the TMC is on one side and the other parties together are on the other side. The (six) parties in the ruling dispensation have always been together but when they go to election hustings, they show their respective identity. However, the people of the state are fully aware of the ground realities. There is a desire for a change,” Sangma claimed whereas speaking to this newspaper on the sidelines of a TMC rally at Rangsakona, 40 km from Tura within the Garo Hills. 

    He mentioned it’s a query of which occasion folks can take the duty of charting the way forward for the state, including that Meghalaya is a sufferer of not only a lack of governance however the greed of politicians. 

    Sangma additionally mentioned that the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance, which Chief Minister Conrad Ok Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) heads, was dealing with varied fees of corruption and that each one its constituents had been collectively accountable for it.

    Sangma then slammed the federal government over the unlawful mining of coal and the non-appointment of major faculty academics. He mentioned many government-run major faculties are closed as a result of academics weren’t appointed to vacant posts. “The government has deliberately delayed the start of the legal coal mining process because this allows it to continue to engage in the kind of illegalities that are going on which has drawn the attention of the judiciary. The scale at which it is happening cannot happen without the patronage of authorities. Coal is not a state subject but a central government subject. How can the BJP remain silent?” he requested. 

    The state will witness a multi-party contest. The TMC, NPP, BJP and Congress are contesting all 60 seats. Then, there are a number of smaller regional events.

    The Congress had emerged as the only largest occasion in 2018 by successful 21 seats however the NPP fashioned a coalition authorities with help from the BJP and regional events.

    For this election, the TMC, a brand new entrant, is all charged as much as upset the NPP apple cart. Sensing that the goings is probably not simple for the NPP which faces a sequence of corruption fees, the TMC’s central management has centered extra on Meghalaya than Tripura which goes to polls on February 16.

    INTERVIEW | Three-corner Meghalaya contest: Conrad says break up in Oppn votes to assist NPP

    The TMC, in the meantime, had a backdoor entry into Meghalaya. It had no base within the state however in November 2021, twelve Congress MLAs, led by Sangma merged themselves with the Mamata Banerjee-led occasion. The improvement had made the TMC the state’s principal opposition occasion in a single day. However, later, 4 MLAs ditched the TMC in the end.

    Sangma mentioned the pattern of MLAs defecting to different events in Meghalaya began in 2018. He mentioned he had stop the Congress because it was being managed by Assam’s BJP Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “In the Assam elections, the Congress candidates were decided by Himanta Biswa Sarma. In Meghalaya too, he decided the Congress candidates. This is the Congress. So why should I be in the Congress?” he requested.

    TURA: Former Meghalaya Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) stalwart Dr Mukul Sangma mentioned the February 27 elections within the state can be a contest between the TMC and all different events collectively.

    Stating that the TMC can be a “factor” for different events, he claimed that the folks’s want for a change was “palpable” and “visible” on the bottom.

    “As we go to elections, the TMC is on one side and the other parties together are on the other side. The (six) parties in the ruling dispensation have always been together but when they go to election hustings, they show their respective identity. However, the people of the state are fully aware of the ground realities. There is a desire for a change,” Sangma claimed whereas speaking to this newspaper on the sidelines of a TMC rally at Rangsakona, 40 km from Tura within the Garo Hills. 

    He mentioned it’s a query of which occasion folks can take the duty of charting the way forward for the state, including that Meghalaya is a sufferer of not only a lack of governance however the greed of politicians. 

    Sangma additionally mentioned that the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance, which Chief Minister Conrad Ok Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) heads, was dealing with varied fees of corruption and that each one its constituents had been collectively accountable for it.

    Sangma then slammed the federal government over the unlawful mining of coal and the non-appointment of major faculty academics. He mentioned many government-run major faculties are closed as a result of academics weren’t appointed to vacant posts. “The government has deliberately delayed the start of the legal coal mining process because this allows it to continue to engage in the kind of illegalities that are going on which has drawn the attention of the judiciary. The scale at which it is happening cannot happen without the patronage of authorities. Coal is not a state subject but a central government subject. How can the BJP remain silent?” he requested. 

    The state will witness a multi-party contest. The TMC, NPP, BJP and Congress are contesting all 60 seats. Then, there are a number of smaller regional events.

    The Congress had emerged as the only largest occasion in 2018 by successful 21 seats however the NPP fashioned a coalition authorities with help from the BJP and regional events.

    For this election, the TMC, a brand new entrant, is all charged as much as upset the NPP apple cart. Sensing that the goings is probably not simple for the NPP which faces a sequence of corruption fees, the TMC’s central management has centered extra on Meghalaya than Tripura which goes to polls on February 16.

    INTERVIEW | Three-corner Meghalaya contest: Conrad says break up in Oppn votes to assist NPP

    The TMC, in the meantime, had a backdoor entry into Meghalaya. It had no base within the state however in November 2021, twelve Congress MLAs, led by Sangma merged themselves with the Mamata Banerjee-led occasion. The improvement had made the TMC the state’s principal opposition occasion in a single day. However, later, 4 MLAs ditched the TMC in the end.

    Sangma mentioned the pattern of MLAs defecting to different events in Meghalaya began in 2018. He mentioned he had stop the Congress because it was being managed by Assam’s BJP Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “In the Assam elections, the Congress candidates were decided by Himanta Biswa Sarma. In Meghalaya too, he decided the Congress candidates. This is the Congress. So why should I be in the Congress?” he requested.

  • Congress has a mountain to climb forward of elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura

    Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: The upcoming elections in three states of the Northeast will probably be a battle for survival for the Congress which as soon as dominated your entire area however has now gotten diminished to a shadow of its superb previous. The Congress’ slide within the Northeast started after the BJP’s emergence as a powerhouse in 2014.

    Simultaneous elections within the 60-member Assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura are anticipated in February.

    As it seems now, the Congress shouldn’t be within the race to energy in any of those states. It lacks leaders after a lot of them embraced the ruling social gathering and different events over a time frame.

    COLUMN | The King’s Speech: Why the BJP could discover it troublesome to return to energy in Tripura

    The Congress doesn’t have a single MLA in Nagaland, only one in Tripura and 5 in Meghalaya.

    However, the 5 in Meghalaya had been suspended earlier this 12 months by the social gathering’s central management for cosying as much as the Conrad Okay Sangma authorities.

    The Congress had emerged as the one largest social gathering within the 2018 Meghalaya Assembly elections however the National People’s Party (NPP)-led motley alliance fashioned the federal government. 

    In November final 12 months, 12 of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya, led by former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, jumped ship to put on Trinamool Congress (TMC) colors. Their desertion relegated the grand previous social gathering to a extra minor social gathering and made the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC the state’s principal Opposition social gathering in a single day. TMC had no base within the state previous to that.

    Shillong MP H Pala is now Congress’s lone distinguished face within the Christian-majority state. The Congress is not going to, maybe, have a single MLA by the point it goes to elections because the 5 suspended legislators have roughly ditched the social gathering and are more likely to contest the polls on the tickets of different political events.

    ALSO READ | Four Meghalaya MLAs be part of BJP forward of upcoming elections

    In Tripura, Sudip Roy Barman is the Congress’ solely MLA. He had gained the final election on the BJP’s ticket and was inducted into the ministry however he resigned from the Assembly and the social gathering in February this 12 months after falling out with the then-Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Later, he gained a by-election, necessitated by his resignation.

    The Congress had didn’t win a single seat within the 2018 Tripura elections which the BJP swept, decimating the Left. 

    The Congress had additionally drawn a clean within the Nagaland elections of 2018. The social gathering, which had gained many elections underneath former Chief Minister SC Jamir, is now just about misplaced within the state which is dominated by a coalition of BJP, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, and Naga People’s Front. All MLAs within the state are from these three events.

    The elections within the three states are across the nook however not many individuals are speaking concerning the Congress.

    Party leaders, nonetheless, attempt to put up a courageous face. “So what if we have one MLA? Atal Bihari Vajpayee had just two MPs but he went on to become the Prime Minister,” Tripura Congress chief Birajit Sinha informed this newspaper.  “There is a lot going on in Tripura. People will vote us to power,” he mentioned confidently, simply days after seven Congress leaders, led by former state chief Pijush Kanti Biswas, joined the TMC in Tripura.

    The Congress in Nagaland sounded equally optimistic. “The Congress is the only alternative and people will vote for it. Not only has the Naga political issue remained unresolved, but the state, under the present government, is also facing bifurcation,” state Congress president Okay Therie mentioned referring to the demand of an influential tribal group for the creation of “Frontier Nagaland” state in jap Nagaland.

    READ HERE | ‘Trinamool not a Bengali social gathering, I work for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

    GUWAHATI: The upcoming elections in three states of the Northeast will probably be a battle for survival for the Congress which as soon as dominated your entire area however has now gotten diminished to a shadow of its superb previous. The Congress’ slide within the Northeast started after the BJP’s emergence as a powerhouse in 2014.

    Simultaneous elections within the 60-member Assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura are anticipated in February.

    As it seems now, the Congress shouldn’t be within the race to energy in any of those states. It lacks leaders after a lot of them embraced the ruling social gathering and different events over a time frame.

    COLUMN | The King’s Speech: Why the BJP could discover it troublesome to return to energy in Tripura

    The Congress doesn’t have a single MLA in Nagaland, only one in Tripura and 5 in Meghalaya.

    However, the 5 in Meghalaya had been suspended earlier this 12 months by the social gathering’s central management for cosying as much as the Conrad Okay Sangma authorities.

    The Congress had emerged as the one largest social gathering within the 2018 Meghalaya Assembly elections however the National People’s Party (NPP)-led motley alliance fashioned the federal government. 

    In November final 12 months, 12 of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya, led by former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, jumped ship to put on Trinamool Congress (TMC) colors. Their desertion relegated the grand previous social gathering to a extra minor social gathering and made the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC the state’s principal Opposition social gathering in a single day. TMC had no base within the state previous to that.

    Shillong MP H Pala is now Congress’s lone distinguished face within the Christian-majority state. The Congress is not going to, maybe, have a single MLA by the point it goes to elections because the 5 suspended legislators have roughly ditched the social gathering and are more likely to contest the polls on the tickets of different political events.

    ALSO READ | Four Meghalaya MLAs be part of BJP forward of upcoming elections

    In Tripura, Sudip Roy Barman is the Congress’ solely MLA. He had gained the final election on the BJP’s ticket and was inducted into the ministry however he resigned from the Assembly and the social gathering in February this 12 months after falling out with the then-Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Later, he gained a by-election, necessitated by his resignation.

    The Congress had didn’t win a single seat within the 2018 Tripura elections which the BJP swept, decimating the Left. 

    The Congress had additionally drawn a clean within the Nagaland elections of 2018. The social gathering, which had gained many elections underneath former Chief Minister SC Jamir, is now just about misplaced within the state which is dominated by a coalition of BJP, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, and Naga People’s Front. All MLAs within the state are from these three events.

    The elections within the three states are across the nook however not many individuals are speaking concerning the Congress.

    Party leaders, nonetheless, attempt to put up a courageous face. “So what if we have one MLA? Atal Bihari Vajpayee had just two MPs but he went on to become the Prime Minister,” Tripura Congress chief Birajit Sinha informed this newspaper.  “There is a lot going on in Tripura. People will vote us to power,” he mentioned confidently, simply days after seven Congress leaders, led by former state chief Pijush Kanti Biswas, joined the TMC in Tripura.

    The Congress in Nagaland sounded equally optimistic. “The Congress is the only alternative and people will vote for it. Not only has the Naga political issue remained unresolved, but the state, under the present government, is also facing bifurcation,” state Congress president Okay Therie mentioned referring to the demand of an influential tribal group for the creation of “Frontier Nagaland” state in jap Nagaland.

    READ HERE | ‘Trinamool not a Bengali social gathering, I work for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

  • Four Meghalaya MLAs be a part of BJP forward of upcoming elections

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Four Meghalaya MLAs, together with two from the state’s ruling National People’s Party, joined the BJP on Wednesday because the social gathering seems to broaden its footprints within the north-eastern area forward of meeting polls within the state.

    Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who’s the social gathering’s pointsman for the area, mentioned the becoming a member of of the 4 “experienced and respected” political figures will mark a “new beginning” for the BJP within the state, the place it may win solely two seats within the 60 member-assembly within the 2018 polls.

    Though the state’s ruling NPP has been a member of the BJP-led National Democratic Party, their relations have been removed from easy.

    The BJP’s determination to induct two of its MLAs, Benedict Marak and Ferlin Sangma, into its fold underscores its decided push to nook the NPP and emerge as a robust power within the state forward of the polls prone to be held in February.

    The two different MLAs who joined the social gathering at its headquarters listed here are Samuel M Sangma, an unbiased, and Himalaya Muktan Shangpliang, who’s from the Trinamool Congress. It is an enormous increase to the social gathering, Sarma mentioned.

    ALSO READ | ‘Trinamool not a Bengali social gathering, I work for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

    The Assam chief minister informed reporters that below the Narendra Modi authorities, the north-east, which has eight states, has undergone great change since 2014 and each sector has progressed.

    “The north-east has been mainstreamed completely and three BJP state governments (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur) have been re-elected to power, highlighting the party’s address has become permanent in the region,” he mentioned, expressing confidence that the BJP will rating “spectacular wins” within the upcoming polls in Tripura and Nagaland, apart from Meghalaya.

    All the 4 MLAs met with BJP president J P Nadda later.

    “I welcome Shri Ferlin Sangma, Samuel Sangma, Benedic Marak and HM Shangpliang into the @BJP4India. I am sure all of you are blessed with immense capabilities that will greatly benefit our party & help us to fulfil Modi Ji’s mission of ‘Antyodaya’. My best wishes to you all,” Nadda tweeted.

    Sambit Patra, who oversees the BJP’s organisational affairs for the area, mentioned the north-east will develop into a brand new engine of progress for the nation below Modi.

    BJP nationwide secretary Rituraj Sinha mentioned Meghalaya is able to be a part of Modi’s improvement agenda.

    Shangpliang mentioned the state wanted a change and the BJP would ship it.

    “It is a great party which has influenced all of us as people are impressed with its development work,” he mentioned.

    NEW DELHI: Four Meghalaya MLAs, together with two from the state’s ruling National People’s Party, joined the BJP on Wednesday because the social gathering seems to broaden its footprints within the north-eastern area forward of meeting polls within the state.

    Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who’s the social gathering’s pointsman for the area, mentioned the becoming a member of of the 4 “experienced and respected” political figures will mark a “new beginning” for the BJP within the state, the place it may win solely two seats within the 60 member-assembly within the 2018 polls.

    Though the state’s ruling NPP has been a member of the BJP-led National Democratic Party, their relations have been removed from easy.

    The BJP’s determination to induct two of its MLAs, Benedict Marak and Ferlin Sangma, into its fold underscores its decided push to nook the NPP and emerge as a robust power within the state forward of the polls prone to be held in February.

    The two different MLAs who joined the social gathering at its headquarters listed here are Samuel M Sangma, an unbiased, and Himalaya Muktan Shangpliang, who’s from the Trinamool Congress. It is an enormous increase to the social gathering, Sarma mentioned.

    ALSO READ | ‘Trinamool not a Bengali social gathering, I work for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

    The Assam chief minister informed reporters that below the Narendra Modi authorities, the north-east, which has eight states, has undergone great change since 2014 and each sector has progressed.

    “The north-east has been mainstreamed completely and three BJP state governments (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur) have been re-elected to power, highlighting the party’s address has become permanent in the region,” he mentioned, expressing confidence that the BJP will rating “spectacular wins” within the upcoming polls in Tripura and Nagaland, apart from Meghalaya.

    All the 4 MLAs met with BJP president J P Nadda later.

    “I welcome Shri Ferlin Sangma, Samuel Sangma, Benedic Marak and HM Shangpliang into the @BJP4India. I am sure all of you are blessed with immense capabilities that will greatly benefit our party & help us to fulfil Modi Ji’s mission of ‘Antyodaya’. My best wishes to you all,” Nadda tweeted.

    Sambit Patra, who oversees the BJP’s organisational affairs for the area, mentioned the north-east will develop into a brand new engine of progress for the nation below Modi.

    BJP nationwide secretary Rituraj Sinha mentioned Meghalaya is able to be a part of Modi’s improvement agenda.

    Shangpliang mentioned the state wanted a change and the BJP would ship it.

    “It is a great party which has influenced all of us as people are impressed with its development work,” he mentioned.

  • TMC names Bengal Minister Manas Bhunia as its Meghalaya in-charge, one other senior chief to take care of Tripura unit

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The TMC, which is making an attempt to cement its base within the northeast, on Monday tasked three of its senior leaders with the accountability of managing the celebration’s affairs in two states.

    In a press release, the celebration mentioned that MLA and senior cabinet minister Manas Bhunia has been appointed because the in-charge of its Meghalaya unit with instant impact.

    TMC-controlled Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation chairman Sabyasachi Dutta was named the co-in cost of the Meghalaya unit.

    Dutta, who had converted to the BJP from the TMC in 2019, rejoined the Mamata Banerjee-led camp after the 2021 meeting elections.

    Another state-level chief and former minister Rajib Banerjee, who had unsuccessfully contested the final meeting polls on a BJP ticket and returned to the TMC after the celebration’s thumping victory, has been named because the state in-charge of TMC Tripura unit, the assertion added.

    In a large jolt to the opposition Congress in Meghalaya, 12 of its 17 MLAs, led by former chief minister Mukul Sangma, joined the TMC final November.

    The celebration had additionally been making an attempt to achieve foothold in Goa, the place elections have been held final month, and the outcomes could be introduced on March 10.

    Several senior Congress leaders, together with former chief minister Luizinho Faleiro, joined the TMC within the western state forward of the meeting polls there.