National People's Party holds rally in Garo Hills

 A CORRESPONDENT

ADOKGRE: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who is also the national president of the National People's Party (NPP), on Monday took a leaf out of the TMC's (Trinamool Congress) book to counter party's charges against him and his party at Chenanggre Stadium Adokgre in the North Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. It may be mentioned that the name of the stadium has been derived from the word coined during late Purno A Sangma's election rallies at Adokgre. He had named Adokgre as 'Chenanggre', which means land of victory.

Sangma labeled TMC as an "outsider" party, much in the same way as TMC had labeled the BJP in the West Bengal polls.

"We have great respect for the TMC leader Mamata Banerjee as she had once supported my father and she has huge respect for late PA Sangma, but in politics TMC is new in Meghalaya and they will need a lot of time to create any sort of impact here. Their leaders are all old players, who came from Congress and have got scope to serve Meghalaya but have failed. TMC is yet to understand the North-East and its people and they would need time, as they are an outsider in Meghalaya just like TMC had claimed BJP and other national parties were outsiders in Bengal elections", Sangma said while launching his party's campaign at Adokgre.

Along with NPP party leaders and Conrad Sangma, his brother and Minister James Sangma and Tura Constituency MP Agatha Sangma also took part in this election rally for the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly election. Refuting the TMC party allegations, Sangma said that those who are just joining the TMC Party are already ready to leave the party just after the election.

"People of Garo hills should remember the Late PA Sangma and vote for the NPP. We have all joined the NPP to take his footprints forward. He is watching from heaven and Haro holds and Meghalaya is synonymous with his name", said Deputy Chief Minister Prystone Tynsong.

Also Read:  By going their own ways, do NPP and BJP risk losing Meghalaya?

Also Watch: