Meghalaya Election Results 2023: Ahead of the formation of the new government in Meghalaya, the BJP has put forth its wish before the single largest party in the state, Conrad Sangma’s NPP. The saffron party has asked the NPP to make both its winning MLAs ministers in the new state government, reported ANI.
As per the report, state BJP chief Ernest Mawrie on Sunday said that Meghalaya state BJP has asked Conrad Sangma to induct two of its MLAs in the new state cabinet.
Mawrie told ANI that BJP won two seats in this election and following the directive of the BJP president, the party extend its support to NPP to form the government.
“We request Conrad Sangma to induct both our MLAs in the cabinet. Because both MLAs Alexander Laloo Hek and Sanbor Shullai are experienced MLAs. We hope that both MLAs of our party will be inducted into the cabinet,” said Ernest Mawrie.
Notably, the Bhartiya Janata party extended its support to NPP to form the government in the state after the result threw a hung assembly with NPP being the largest party with 26 seats, but short of the majority.
Conrad Sangma will take the oath of office as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for a second consecutive term on Tuesday, March 7. ANI mentioned that the swearing-in ceremony will be held at Raj Bhawan in Shillong and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be in attendance.
He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would attend the swearing-in-ceremony on March 7 to be held at Raj Bhawan.
“PM Modi will arrive at Shillong around 11 am on March 7. For the first time, the Prime Minister will attend the swearing-in-ceremony in Meghalaya. After attending the swearing-in ceremony in Shillong, the Prime Minister will go to Nagaland,” added Ernest Mawrie, as quoted by ANI.
The Meghalaya BJP Chief also said that the new BJP-NPP government will be a stable government with a sufficient number of MLAs.
The NPP is set to form an alliance with the BJP to form a coalition government in the state.