Chief Minister Conrad Sangma along with farmers and entrepreneurs of Meghalaya who were participating in the hugely successful 2nd Meghalaya Pineapple Festival, 2024 today visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
19 farmers and ten entrepreneurs of Meghalaya were part of the delegation led by Sangma to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
During the visit, the chief minister also spoke about national integration, highlighting that the presence of Meghalaya farmers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan is a matter of pride, symbolising national integration.
Notably, the farmers of the State also visited the ‘Janjatiya Darpan’, a tribal art and culture gallery in the Rashtrapati Bhawan, which was inaugurated by President of India Droupadi Murmu, who herself belongs to the tribal community.
The visitors were delighted to see beadwork and necklaces from the Khasi and Garo Hills of Meghalaya being showcased there. There was a full collection of these items, alongside other ethnographic objects and images from different tribes of India.
Other officials who accompanied the delegation included Planning Secretary Cyril V D Diengdoh, Joint Secretary (Power) Iadashisha Majaw, Deputy Secretary Alexander Mukhim, Joint Secretary Anita Kharpor, and State Rural Employment Society Joint Mission Director Iaraphunlin Diengdoh.
