Congress calls its 5 MLAs joining BJP-backed Meghalaya alliance 'Shocking'
NDTV
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said the decision by all the 5 Congress MLAs to join the ruling MDA will not affect the ties between his NPP.
"How can a lion and a deer drink from the same water source at the same time?" wondered Meghalaya BJP chief Ernest Mawrie. "How can the MLAs decide on such a sensitive matter without consulting the MPCC or the party high command in Delhi?" questioned state Congress general secretary Deborah Marak.
A day after all five Congress MLAs in the state joined the BJP-backed ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA), which brought the two arch foes together in a ruling coalition anywhere in the country, their state leaders are a befuddled and angry lot.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's TMC alone now occupies the entire opposition space in the state assembly.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, however, said the decision by all the five Congress MLAs to join the ruling MDA will not affect the ties between his National People's Party (NPP), which leads the coalition and the government, and its allies including the BJP.
