Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who is also the supremo of the National People’s Party (NPP), which heads the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government, on Wednesday asked the BJP, which is a constituent of the ruling coalition in the state not to point fingers at the government.
“If the BJP is pointing fingers at us, they should also remember that three fingers are pointing at them,” the Chief Minister said. “We are very clear on our stand that whatever we have done we have been doing as per procedures as per law and everything has been done in a proper, clean and transparent manner,” he added.
Sangma was reacting to BJP’s national Vice President Chuba Ao’s announcement that the saffron party will quit the government over allegations of corruption against the MDA government. In fact, Ao made the statement after BJP’s General Secretary(organization) B.L. Santosh held a meeting with the state party leaders on the party’s preparedness for the 2023 Assembly elections. Ao had also said that once it gets evidence on the corruption charges then the ED and CBI would come in to probe.
However, Sangma said that Ao’s statement is not of the BJP’s stand, but of Ao making his own personal opinion. “I am sure if there are concerns, the national leadership of the BJP will definitely communicate and discuss with us. But It looks like he (Ao) is talking from a very personal point of view like a personal attack or maybe he has some personal agenda or some personal grudge. We respect his opinion l but it would be wrong for us to say it is BJP’s opinion,” he said.
A cold war is raging in the Meghalaya unit of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) over the move of the saffron party to pull out of the National People’s Party (NPP)-led government.
BJP minister Sanbor Shullai on Wednesday said that the party will not withdraw from the Conrad Sangma-led government and will complete its stipulated term.
“Withdrawing from the coalition at this time will backfire, as the timing of doing so will create a wrong image among the masses and what if we have to align with same coalition partners post 2023,” Shullai said.
The BJP minister’s statement followed after his party national vice president in-charge Meghalaya, Chuba Ao had claimed that the BJP MLAs, Shulluai and Alexander Laloo Hek were on board to withdraw support to the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government. (UNI)
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