Shillong : Just a day before of the sworn in ceremony of forming new government in Meghalaya, the Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) on Monday refused to support NPP if BJP in coalition
The HSPDP president Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit said that, the party is not going with the Conrad K Sangma led government.
During a press conference held in Shillong Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit said that, No to be in the Regional Democratic Alliance if BJP is part of the alliance.
“We want a non-Congress and non-BJP government,” Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit said.
The HSPDP chief also said that, UDP did not consult with his party before proposing Conrad K Sangma’s name as Chief Minister.
HSPDP won 2 seats in the Meghalaya assembly polls.
Earlier, Meghalaya governor Ganga Prasad asked Conrad K Sangma to form the next government on March 6, after newly elected MLAs of NPP, BJP, United
Democratic Party (UDP), People's Democratic Front (UDP), Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) and an Independent MLA and senior BJP leaders led by Conrad K Sangma on Sunday evening had met the Meghalaya governer at Raj Bhawan in Shillong and staked a claim to form new government in the hill state.
The team led by Conrad K Sangma also submitted a list of 34 newly elected MLAs including two of HSPDP to support Conrad to form new government.
There will no effect to the NPP-BJP led alliance after HSPDP’s decision.
Meanwhile, Conrad K Sangma will be sworn in as the new Meghalaya Chief Minister tomorrow.
The sworn in ceremonial function will be held at Raj Bhawan in Shillong and BJP president Amit Shah, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and several BJP leaders will present in the function.
Sources said that, 11 ministers will be inducted in the new government.
Among them, 6 will from NPP, 2 from UDP, 1 each from BJP, PDF and HSPDP.
It is now uncertainty whether the HSPDP will take a ministry post in new government.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath)
