Despite the directive of the central leadership, some members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Garo Hills are still finding the idea of supporting the incumbent Tura MP Agatha Sangma of the National People’s Party (NPP) at this month’s general election hard to swallow.
The BJP high command decided not to field any candidate in Meghalaya’s two Lok Sabha seats and instead support the NPP’s choices, namely Agatha in Tura and Ampareen Lyngdoh in Shillong.
BJP leaders from Garo Hills met Chief Minister and NPP supremo Conrad K Sangma today to discuss the direction of the BJP top brass to support the NPP candidate.
According to a senior member of the BJP in Garo Hills, the regional saffron party leaders have expressed their reservations and apprehensions in supporting Agatha and want to sit down with party workers to further discuss the matter.
Talks with the NPP will continue in the coming days and the senior BJP member said that a positive outcome is anticipated before the state goes to the polls on April 19.
