GUWAHATI: Raising the ballot pitch, Congress on Wednesday launched a scathing assault on the MDA authorities led by the National People’s Party (NPP), calling it a “money development alliance” for the personal gains of the leaders of the ruling coalition.
Addressing the media in Shillong, AICC media coordinator Mathew Antony, asserted, “Congress is the alternative and the only alternative. Congress is coming back in Meghalaya. The anti-incumbency against MDA and the ‘money development alliance’ have made the ground favourable for a Congress win. The only binding factor for all alliance partners of MDA was the monetary benefit.”
He accused the ruling NPP, its ally BJP, in addition to opposition TMC of unlawful coal mining, a significant subject in Meghalaya.
Besides, the meeting dome collapse incident and the Rs 150 crore electrical energy meter rip-off have additionally put the federal government to disgrace, Antony mentioned.
He additional mentioned TMC being “not so vocal” towards BJP exhibits there’s a “hidden agenda of alliance”.
“We gave Meghalaya statehood in 1972. We gave the sixth schedule, respecting and protecting the indigenous origin of the people of Meghalaya. The legacy of Congress is in protecting Meghalaya’s interests,” he mentioned.
Another AICC media coordinator Bobbeeta Sharma lashed out at NPP president and chief minister Conrad Sangma for his comment that Meghalaya noticed no development up to now 45 years.
“We want to ask the CM is he also trying to say that when his father, late Purno Sangma, was an MP in the 1970’s, and in I980 when he was Union minister during Indira Gandhi’s time, he did not do anything for Meghalaya? When late Purno Sangma was the CM of Meghalaya between 1988 and 1990, didn’t Meghalaya see any development?” Sharma requested.
She additionally took a dig at outdated good friend, former CM Mukul Sangma, who’s spearheading the TMC’s ballot marketing campaign in Meghalaya. “He made the greatest mistake of his life by leaving Congress and joining the Trinamool Congress,” Sharma mentioned.
“TMC is not accepted in Meghalaya as it is considered a party from outside. Hence, TMC will not be successful here at all. Mukul Sangma is wasting his resources by joining an alien party,” she mentioned, including, “Just as the BJP is considered an outsider here, so is the TMC.”
Out of the 60 candidates Congress has fielded in Meghalaya, 47 are 45 years of age or beneath, whereas 10 are ladies.
Addressing the media in Shillong, AICC media coordinator Mathew Antony, asserted, “Congress is the alternative and the only alternative. Congress is coming back in Meghalaya. The anti-incumbency against MDA and the ‘money development alliance’ have made the ground favourable for a Congress win. The only binding factor for all alliance partners of MDA was the monetary benefit.”
He accused the ruling NPP, its ally BJP, in addition to opposition TMC of unlawful coal mining, a significant subject in Meghalaya.
Besides, the meeting dome collapse incident and the Rs 150 crore electrical energy meter rip-off have additionally put the federal government to disgrace, Antony mentioned.
He additional mentioned TMC being “not so vocal” towards BJP exhibits there’s a “hidden agenda of alliance”.
“We gave Meghalaya statehood in 1972. We gave the sixth schedule, respecting and protecting the indigenous origin of the people of Meghalaya. The legacy of Congress is in protecting Meghalaya’s interests,” he mentioned.
Another AICC media coordinator Bobbeeta Sharma lashed out at NPP president and chief minister Conrad Sangma for his comment that Meghalaya noticed no development up to now 45 years.
“We want to ask the CM is he also trying to say that when his father, late Purno Sangma, was an MP in the 1970’s, and in I980 when he was Union minister during Indira Gandhi’s time, he did not do anything for Meghalaya? When late Purno Sangma was the CM of Meghalaya between 1988 and 1990, didn’t Meghalaya see any development?” Sharma requested.
She additionally took a dig at outdated good friend, former CM Mukul Sangma, who’s spearheading the TMC’s ballot marketing campaign in Meghalaya. “He made the greatest mistake of his life by leaving Congress and joining the Trinamool Congress,” Sharma mentioned.
“TMC is not accepted in Meghalaya as it is considered a party from outside. Hence, TMC will not be successful here at all. Mukul Sangma is wasting his resources by joining an alien party,” she mentioned, including, “Just as the BJP is considered an outsider here, so is the TMC.”
Out of the 60 candidates Congress has fielded in Meghalaya, 47 are 45 years of age or beneath, whereas 10 are ladies.
