Shillong: The Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) in Meghalaya has withdrawn support to the National People’s Party (NPP).
HSPDP president KP Pangniang on Friday sent a letter to NPP chief Conrad K Sangma informing the party’s decision to withdraw support from the party in forming a government in Meghalaya.
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The letter was sent after two HSPDP MLAs, Methodius Dkhar and Shakliar Warjri, submitted a letter of support to NPP.
In his letter, Pangniang said that the party had not authorised the two MLAs to lend support and that the party had “no role in this affair”.
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He requested Sangma to take immediate action in this regard, effective from March 3.
Prior to this, Pangniang held talks with leaders of the United Democratic Party (UDP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Congress, People’s Democratic Front (PDF) and Voice of the People Party (VPP) to form a non-NPP, non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, but their attempt was thwarted by the decision of the two HSPDP MLAs.
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He was supposed to take oath as the Chief Minister on March 7 but the withdrawal of support from HSPDP may affect the plans.