New Delhi:
The Congress took a swing at the BJP on Monday for supporting a government led by NPP chief Conrad Sangma in Meghalaya, saying a few days ago that his dispensation was considered the “most corrupt” by the top BJP leadership. considered and is now “in a fit of amnesia”. “, the party joins hands with him.
The opposition party also claimed that the “BJP washing machine” is now running at full speed and that it was a “marriage of convenience”.
National People’s Party president Sangma visited Meghalaya governor Phagu Chauhan on Friday and handed him the letter of support from 32 MLAs as he claimed to form the government in the northeastern state.
Sangma, the outgoing prime minister, said he has the support of the BJP, the Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and two independent MLAs, while claiming that the number could rise in the coming days as he is in contact with other parties as Good.
“A few days ago Conrad Sangma’s government in Meghalaya was the MOST corrupt in the country according to both Prime Minister and HM. Now of course the BJP, in a fit of amnesia, I think, is joining hands with him. Meghalaya deserves better” Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet.
“I should have added that the BJP washing machine is now running at full blast,” Ramesh said in another tweet.
Ramesh also shared two videos – one featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the other Home Minister Amit Shah – in which they are critical of Meghalaya’s Sangma-led government.
Speaking at a press conference, Meghalaya Congress chief Vincent Pala said on behalf of the BJP and its allies that it is a “marriage of convenience” in the state.
“What they (the BJP) have said that the NPP is the most corrupt party in India… the Prime Minister has come to Meghalaya, the Home Minister has come to Meghalaya and the President of the BJP (JP Nadda) has come to Meghalaya, all abused, accused the NPP, but after the results, when the BJP got only two seats out of 60 seats, they joined hands the next day,” he said.
“So this is what the BJP is, how they fool the people of India, and how they fool the people of Meghalaya, that’s why I think… they betrayed the people,” he said.
“The Prime Minister is coming tomorrow and all the other BJP leaders to just market the BJP that they will get a government in Meghalaya. This is totally how they are betraying the people of Meghalaya and how they are marketing the rest of India, Pala said. .
The NPP emerged as the largest party in the state on Thursday, taking 26 seats from the 59 constituencies that went to the polls on Feb. 27.
As the party failed to reach the magic number of 31 in the 60-member assembly, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Sangma sought Shah’s support in forming the new government.
The United Democratic Party (UDP), which was the NPP’s ally in the Sangma government, emerged as the second largest party, winning 11 constituencies. It had won just six seats in the 2018 polls.
The Congress and the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC each won five seats, while the BJP won two assembly segments.
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