NPP to return to power with absolute majority in 2023: Conrad

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaFebruary 23, 2022

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday expressed confidence that the National People’s Party (NPP) will return to power with ‘absolute majority’ in 2023.

“I am sure that the NPP will get absolute majority in the coming Assembly elections,” Sangma said while speaking in Khasi at a meeting to welcome the joining of two sitting MDCs and a former MDC to the party.

KHADC executive member (EM) and Nongshken MDC Grace Mary Kharpuri and former Congress leader and Malki-Laitumkhrah MDC Fantin Joseph and former MDC WL Mynsong were also felicitated during the meeting.

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Welcoming all of them, the NPP national president said that the NPP is growing today with God’s blessing and the party is getting positive response in states like Manipur.

“I don’t want to be too optimistic here and tell you any big numbers but you will see when the results come out. We have just four MLAs right now but I can assure you that we will cross the double digits and how high the double digit will go only time will tell but I am optimistic and at the same time a realistic person but I know for sure we are going to cross the double digit number because it is huge gain for us, it is hundred percent growth,” he said.

Stating that the NPP-led MDA government had faced tough situations in the past four years, Sangma however said, “But we kept working, we didn’t give up (because) our principle is not to give up but to keep trying.”