Key Points
The Conrad Sangma-led National Peoples Party (NPP) is likely to form the next coalition government in Meghalaya, with the support of the BJP and a few other legislators, even as the Hill State Peoples Democratic Party (HSPDP), whose two newly elected MLAs Conrad had listed in the support letter of 32 he had submitted to the Governor earlier on Friday, withdrew support later...
Late Friday evening, the HSPDP issued a statement saying the party had not authorised its two MLAs to lend support to the government formation...
In a letter to Conrad, HSPDP president K P Pangniang wrote, The party has no role in this affair and, therefore, we withdraw our support to your party with effect from Friday...
While Conrad did not issue a statement reacting to that until 10 pm Friday, sources in his party told The Indian Express that the HSPDP MLAs were still with NPP...
While it was all but certain that NPP would form the government, there was a flutter of sorts in the state on Friday afternoon when the TMCs Mukul Sangma claimed that his party was in talks with the United Democratic Party (UDP), a constituent of the previous NPP-led ruling alliance, and other smaller parties to form an alternative non-BJP, non- NPP coalition...
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