Conrad Sangma, the chief minister of Meghalaya, stated on Saturday that the NPP will not form an alliance with any party—including the BJP—ahead of the state’s impending assembly elections. Sangma added that despite the two parties’ differing ideologies on a number of topics, the National People’s Party (NPP) will stay a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre.
After the NPP’s national meeting, Sangma, the party’s president, informed reporters, “We are not going to contest the upcoming assembly elections in alliance with anyone, even the BJP.”
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, and Nagaland will continue to be the NPP’s primary electoral priorities, he added.
In Meghalaya’s 2018 assembly elections, the NPP stood alone. However, the party, which finished second to the Congress, formed an alliance with the BJP to create the state’s government. The BJP has two legislators and has been a minor ally of the Meghalayan NPP government since 2018.
Meghalaya’s assembly elections will probably take place early in 2023.
