Cabinet minister Alexander L. Hek is among the five contenders for BJP ticket for the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Shillong parliamentary seat.
Speaking to media persons here today, State BJP president Rikman G. Momin said that Hek is among the five ticket aspirants for Shillong and that there are six aspirants for party ticket for the Tura seat.
“We have already sent the names of these candidates to the central leadership of the party,” Momin said, adding that the names of candidates for the two seats from Meghalaya are likely to be announced in the third list to be released soon by the party’s central leadership.
Besides Hek, the other BJP ticket aspirants for Shillong seat include former State party president Ernest Mawrie, Fenela Lyngdoh Nonglait, State BJYM president Mewaker Lyngdoh and BJP National Executive member Sumitra Laloo.
Moreover, the ticket aspirants for Tura seat include sitting Tura MDC Bernard N. Marak, former MLAs – Winnerson D. Sangma and K C Boro, former MDC Boston Marak, Riya Sangma and Thomas Marak.
Recently, BJP MLA from South Shillong Sanbor Shullai has openly backed the candidature of Fenela Lyngdoh Nonglait from the Shillong seat. He has also appealed to the other ticket contenders to support her.
However, another ticket aspirant Ernest Mawrie said that the ticket should go to a member of the party “since only a party member knows the ideology of the party”.
Mawrie also said that he and Hek were asked by the central leadership of BJP to apply for the ticket to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Shillong parliamentary seat.
