[Shillong,Meghalaya] Conrad Sangma Takes Oath as Meghalaya CM
Conrad Sangma (40) is the youngest son of former Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma, who died in 2016. He was elected a Member of Parliament in a by-election from Tura constituency after his fathers death.
Purno Agitok[PA] Sangma,was Meghalaya chief minister between 1988 and 1990.
National People’s Party president Conrad Sangma was today sworn in as Meghalaya chief minister by Governor Ganga Prasad
The governor also administered the oath of office to 11 ministers at the Raj Bhavan.
Sangma is currently a Lok Sabha MP from Tura constituency.
Sangma claimed support of
19 MLAs of the NPP,
six of the United Democratic Party (UDP),
four of the People’s Democratic Front (PDF),
two each of the Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and the
BJP and
an Independent.
Meghalaya threw up a fractured mandate on Saturday with the Congress emerging as the largest party, marginally ahead of its rival, the National Peoples Party (NPP), an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Manipur.
The Congress, which has been in power in the state for the last 10 years, won 21 seats out the 59 that went to polls on February 27. The figure is 10 short of a simple majority.
The party had staked claim to form the government in the state at a meeting with the governor, officials and party leaders said.
A delegation of three central leaders of the Congress —
Kamal Nath,
Ahmed Patel and
C P Joshi had met the governor on Saturday.
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