After being snubbed by the BJP in the formation of government in Manipur, Meghalaya Chief Minister and NPP national president Conrad Sangma today said that his party is ready to be part of the BJP-led government in Manipur if invited.
“If the BJP invites us to join the government in Manipur, we are ready to join. If they do not invite us we would examine the matter subsequently,” Sangma said here today.
He also reminded that the NPP is a partner of the National Democratic Alliance at the Centre and supports the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh and is working together with BJP in Meghalaya.
Relations between the BJP and NPP turned bitter in the recent Assembly elections with both parties accusing each other on various issues.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that NPP is a worthless party. Even caretaker Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh had said that NPP would not be part of the new government.
The ruling BJP retained power in Manipur for the second consecutive term and secured an absolute majority with 32 seats in the 60-member House.
The NPP won seven seats while Janata Dal (United) won six seats, the Congress and the Naga People’s Front bagged five seats each, Kuki People’s Alliance, a newly floated tribal based party, managed two seats. Three Independent candidates also got elected to the Assembly.
The NPF, JD (U) and an independent member have earlier announced their support to the BJP government.
In 2017, the BJP, which had secured 21 seats in Manipur formed the government with the support of the four-member NPP, four-member NPF, one Trinamool Congress MLA and an independent legislator.
