BJP will make NPP go the AGP way: Congress in Meghalaya
The Hindu
Regional parties align with BJP out of fear and not love, the grand old party said
The BJP will weaken and eventually devour the National People’s Party (NPP), the Congress said in poll-bound Meghalaya.
The BJP is a minor partner of the Conrad K. Sangma-headed NPP in the Meghalaya government. The two parties, as has been the strategy in previous elections, have no pre-poll alliance.
The Congress, which was the single-largest party in Meghalaya in 2018 with 21 of the 60 Assembly seats, lost all its MLAs by 2022. While 12 joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), five were suspended for aligning with the NPP-led coalition government.
“The BJP will weaken and eventually swallow the NPP,” Bobbeeta Sharma, Congress media coordinator, told journalists in Shillong.
She gave the example of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which once ruled Assam on its own but is now a minor partner of the BJP.
“The AGP helped BJP get a toehold in Assam and become the dominant party. The NPP will have a similar fate,” Ms Sharma said.
Fellow party coordinator, Matthew Anthony said the BJP does not respect regionalism and the regional parties in Meghalaya’s coalition government aligned with the saffron party out of fear and not love.
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